“I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”

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

“Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.”

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”

“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 am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.”

“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”