The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy.
Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity.
He who demands little gets it.
irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.
... the ordinary is simply the universal observed from the surface, that the direct approach to reality is not without, but within. Touch life anywhereand you will touch universality wherever you touch the earth.
It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.