“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”

“Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?”

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”

“The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.”