"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy."

"Moral victories don't count."

"We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child."

"The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats *and* dogs!"

"Explain it as we may, a martial strain will urge a man into the front rank of battle sooner than an argument, and a fine anthem excite his devotion more certainly than a logical discourse."

"Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their committment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

"A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist."

"The goal of all life is death."

"Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got."

"Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves."