Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.

the world has been fair cruel if you've never known the love of a dog!

When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ... I call it my Necklace of Perfect Joy. When the world goes wrong, I have only to close my eyes and remember all the links in my chain, set with gems, some large and some small, but all beautiful with the beauty which never fades. It is all I can take with me when I go. My material possessions must stay behind, but my Necklace of Perfect Joy will bring me happiness to the end, when I put it on, to be nevermore unclasped.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

... the song of the world is all of love.

A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient.