Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

This world is a comedy, not Life.

It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being alone. Blindness makes one totally dependent on others, and deprives us of every satisfaction that results from light.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.