“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.”

“To be approved of God alone should be one's aim.”

“Beware how you take away hope from another human being.”

“There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”

“The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”