"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things."

"If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him."

"So long as we love, we serve so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable and no man is useless while he has a friend."

"It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves."

"Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments."

"Millions of young Americans have graduated from college during the Obama presidency, ready to use their gifts and get moving in life. Half of them can't find the work they studied for, or any work at all. So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?"

"To think is to differ."

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."