“How does one craft happiness out of something as important, as complicated, as unrepeatable and as easily damaged as life?”

“One of the most important things I've learned in life is that complicated isn't always bad. Sometimes complicated is just complex.”

“How good life is when one does something good and just!”

“Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.”

“Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I know when to step out of their way. It's the ones that hold the anger in, the men that think about what they do and how they do it, that scare me. They're the ones that cause damage.”

“How good one feels when one is full -- how satisfied with ourselves and with the world! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”