Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

After all, the world is still great.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.

Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]