Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.