"It's sheer torture. I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body. I hate it, but I do it"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

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

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"

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

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

"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"