Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age.

So long as one is able to pose one has still much to learn about suffering.

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.