"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."
"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."
"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
"We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning."
"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."