"His life oscillates, as everyone's does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands, between innumerable poles."

"Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests."

"The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"'A penny for your thoughts?' 'A dollar for your death.'"

"One of the things that has helped me as much as any other, is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living."

"God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."

"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better."

"Music is essentially useless, as life is."

"He who denies the existence of a truth because it sounds negative creates a vacuum that draws the darkness unto him."

"For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes."