The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring more; but one cannot and it is better, for if one grieved too deeply at other people's tears, life would be unendurable; and every man has sufficient sorrows of his own without taking to heart his neighbour's.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.

Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art. ~Waddington

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.