"Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives."

"It is a essential truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set."

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."

"A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation."

"We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it."

"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

"I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win."