"If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled"

"A light heart lives long"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom"

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

"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals"

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"