“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”

“No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.”

“Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away.”

“What we call ‘Progress’ is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.”

“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.”

“Necessity dispenseth with decorum.”

“For aught that I could ever read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.”

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.”

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”

“A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.”