All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one?