"Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water"

"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

"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"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

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

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin"

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

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"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"