"Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true."

"A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other."

"While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it."

"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

"Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood."

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance."

"An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking."

"At the risk of sounding ridiculous, a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."

"If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for."

"Free your mind, and the rest will follow. Be colorblind, dona€?t be so shallow."

"Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do."

"Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them."