"No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself."

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

"Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change."

"A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times."

"When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the greatest battles are fought within."

"The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions."

"It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half."