Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

It's easy to respect a general, but it's hard to love them.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm thankful for all of you. I am not thankful for the pilgrims. Buckles should never be on hats.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.

When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.

God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.

In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photographic evidence of my existence.

I would encourage people to go to NYTIMES.com and read this column and you can see for yourself.