"Wisdom principle 21 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 75."

"An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."

"How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children."

"A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth."

"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'."

"For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony."

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading."