“Many sensible things banished from high life find an asylum among the mob.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”

“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”

“Only the man who says no is free”

“Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.”

“Ignorance is the father of all fear.”