Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly

Grub first, then ethics.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.

First the grub, then the morals.