"It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other."

"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

"Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted into action; into a movement toward a new and better life."

"Here's to our wives and sweethearts - may they never meet."

"What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motions of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason."

"One thing you can give and still keep is your word."

"The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things."

"Life has to end, love doesn't."

"What a new face courage puts on everything."

"Although the last, not least."

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."

"To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see."