"Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart."

"Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy."

"Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct."

"One must never be eccentric. If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly."

"Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now."

"No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death."

"The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell upon their knees. Then they fell upon the aborigines."

"Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom."

"The more you know, the less you need to show."

"For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude."

"Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose."

"I don't care where I sit, as long as I get fed."