"Life is a festival only to the..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The senses collect the surface facts of matter... It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought.”

“Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.”

“Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.”

“Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them.”

“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”

“Being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time.”

“Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.”

“Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.”

“Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person.”