The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.

I am who I am and that's who I am

Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die

For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.

Don't blame the mirror if your face is faulty.

He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.