"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy."

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side."

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention."

"Family is something I've always wanted, the one and a half kids and a dog."

"May not Music be described as the Mathematics of sense, and Mathematics as the Music of reason?"

"I've been traveling so much, I haven't had time to grow it."

"It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love."

"Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse."