"I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness."

"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

"What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh."

"The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day."

"I don't want to open my mouth or speak anymore, because everything I say becomes scandalous. It wears you out."

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."