No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.
The part of life which we really live is short.
Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.