It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for.
When a person that one loves is in the world and alive and well, and pleased to be in the world, then to miss them is only a new flavor, a salt sharpness in experience. It is when the beloved is unhappy or maimed or troubled that one misses with pain.
The more I see of dogs, the more I like children.
Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.
Remorse ... is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.