"What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"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"

"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"

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"

"Business is the salt of life"