“Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.”

“Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.”

“It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.”

“Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

“A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.”

“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.”