"He's a complete and total psychopath. I don't mean that in the criminal sense, of course, but in a professional sense. People like that will do anything to hold on to their jobs."

"Love is to man an embarrassment, even a word; it is to a woman an excuse for existence, especially the word."

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

"Life is too short to be taken seriously."

"To drift is to be in hell; to be in heaven is to steer."

"You can evade life, but you can not evade Death."

"Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, control youth, and delights old age."

"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

"Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water."

"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."

"Winter is not a season, it's an occupation."