"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Do what you do best, and you will succeed"

"To be the best, you need the best"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"No man is happy who does not think himself so"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"