"Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual."

"The unexamined life is not worth living to a human."

"Too often the strong silent man is silent because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent."

"Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blowwom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity."

"Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections."

"The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one."

"After you've been in a place for a while, everything starts to look... I won't say better, there's no need to go to extremes...but your everyday life does start to become...familiar."

"A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him."

"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles."

"The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity."

"Necessity makes even the timid brave."

"If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend."