Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world.

Nothing under the sun is ever accidental.

Pure truth is for God alone.

The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

The end-purpose of all art is enjoyment!

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.