“There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.”

“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.”

“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.”

“If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.”

“If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”