“Life should begin with age and it's privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and it's capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.”

“The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.”

“Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.”

“The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.”

“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always 20 years behind the times.”

“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.”