“There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.”

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. ”

“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”

“This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”

“Laughter is higher than all pain.”

“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success? ”

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”