"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair."

"The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another"

"A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

"If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle."

"A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."

"Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world."

"Impossible is nothing."

"We cannot defend liberty abroad by deserting it at home."

"Love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it鈥檚 because it wasn鈥檛 true love."

"The way I see it, God put me on Earth to achieve a certain number of things. By now I'm so far behind, I'll never die."

"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."

"Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan - a Mount Rushmore of incompetence."