Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay.
It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.
Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.
To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
An agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord.