Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one ... to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death.

I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

It is a good lesson - though it may often be a hard one - for a man... to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.

Come, therefore, and let us fling mud at them!

A man's bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.

His stories are good to hear at night, because we can dream about them asleep; and good in the morning, too, because then we can dream about them awake. (Cowslip)