"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."
"Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."
"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."
"When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone."
"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour."
"Never, never, never give in!"