"He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden."

"He was a wise man who invented God."

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything."

"You cannot conceive the many without the one."

"The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not."

"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince."

"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."

"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."

"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has."

"The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward."

"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes.'"