Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

Old age is like an opium dream. Nothing seems real except the unreal.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule.