"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
"The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man."
"A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith."
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."
"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake."