"If I can't be a lion, I'll be a fox."

"I have often been asked what was the secret of my success, and I have invariably replied, 'I always had the sense to know I knew nothing.'"

"The greatest pleasure I have is in confounding the wise and puzzling the learned."

"The public likes to be surprised, and I like to surprise them."

"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, if necessary, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be…"