But we are so fond of life that we have no leisure to entertain the terror of death. It is a honeymoon with us all through, and none of the longest. Small blame to us if we give our whole hearts to this glowing bride of ours, to the appetities, to honour, to the hungry curiosity of the mind, to the pleasure of the eyes in nature, and the pride of our own nimble bodies.

If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.

Am I no a bonny fighter?

I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have almost forgotten to play, and can only wait for the eruption and think it long of coming. Literally no man has more wholly outlived life than I. And still it's good fun.

Being happy enables you to be free from domination by the outside world.

A friend is somebody who loves us with understanding, as well as emotion.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.