“Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die. ”

“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”

“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

“Too big to cry too young to laugh...”

“To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me.”

“Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.”