"I have always been of the opinion that it is better to be happy than to be rich, and that it is better to be good than to be great."

"I am not a believer in the infallibility of any human institution."

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"There are some things in the world that a man cannot know, and ought not to know, if he could."