"I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of happiness and seen the world. I have been loved and hated, and I have done some of both. I have been a fri…"

"Dat's de way it is wid some people. Dey ain't got no mind to their own."

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"Some people could look at a knot in a tree, and tell you the history of the world."

"I like myself when I am laughing. And then I think that is the best way to like yourself. To be laughing."