The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.
The only certainties in life are death and taxes.
Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.
No man has an appreciation so various that his judgment is good upon all varieties of literary work.
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.
Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: the one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures it.