In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
If you fear loneliness, then don't get married.
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.
A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.