"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man."

        "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."

        "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."

        "He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met."