“ A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. ”

“ It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. ”

“ The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. ”

“ But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. ”

“ Men do not quit playing because they grow old they grow old because they quit playing. ”

“ I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. ”

“ The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ”

“ Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. ”

“ I like children I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them. ”

“ The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ”