"I finally realized that being a role model doesn't mean people are encouraged to be like me -- they're encouraged to go out and be more of themselves."

"It's amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away."

"All the sounds of the earth are like music."

"A pessimist is never disappointed."

"To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well"

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

"Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life."

"When a disciple from the wildcat religious asylum comes marching forth, get under the bed. It doesn't matter whether he's a Christian, Hindu, Jew or Muslim."

"I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"There are no office hours for leaders."

"But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"