“Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of children tends toward the formation of character.”

“Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.”

“Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.”

“Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.”

“Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.”

“Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.”

“Youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.”

“Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before they ate the candy. They don't. They just want the fun of eating it al...”

“The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.”

“There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.”

“Old age is no place for sissies.”

“Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.”

“Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.”