"How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?"

"People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people."

"Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree what they are made of, where they come from, or how often the should appear."

"Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete."

"Everyone's a hero in their own way, in their own not that heroic way."

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

"Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket."

"A half-truth is a whole lie."

"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief."

"That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency."

"There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work."

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."