“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”

“There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.”

“Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.”

“Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.”