To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.