"Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

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

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Business is the salt of life"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"