“Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature”

“People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves ”

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”

“Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass”

“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have ”

“They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.”