Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy.

We spend our life, it's ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench

I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is more real than nothing.' They rise up out of the pit and know no rest until they drag you down into its dark.

Vladimir: Did I ever leave you? Estragon: You let me go.

There is this to be said for Dachsunds of such length and lowness as Nelly, that it makes very little difference to their appearance whether they stand, sit or lie.

Sloth is all passions the most powerful.

There's no lack of void.