"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."

"Many of life's failures are those who didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up."

"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should just live next door and just visit now and then."

"Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"How much I love every thing that is decided and open!"

"History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology."