"I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death."

"I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy."

"I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself."

"Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead."

"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned."

"To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death."