"You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"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"

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

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

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"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"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"