Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.

Cultivate a sense of humour. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.