Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.
Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
God! Is there anything uglier than a frightened man!
Things are beautiful if you love them.
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.