You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.

For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.