Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a woman.

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

It is the simple truth that man does differ from the brutes in kind and not in degree; and the proof of it is here; that it sounds like a truism to say that the most primitive man drew a picture of a monkey and that it sounds like a joke to say that the most intelligent monkey drew a picture of a man. Something of division and disproportion has appeared; and it is unique. Art is the signature of man.

To be born into this earth is to be born into uncongenial surroundings, hence to be born into a romance.