There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying out.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

I find a fascination, like the fascination for the moth of a star, in those who hold aloof and disdain me.

Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.