The spirit, Sir, is one of mockery.

With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.

One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal Green - one more, and my bosom Feels new life with an ecstasy.

I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy.

You seem to me to be a pretty lucky young man; keep your eyes open to your mercies. That part of piety is eternal; and the man who forgets to be grateful has fallen asleep in life.