“A witty saying proves nothing”

“And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles in your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy.”

“Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity”

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing”

“The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time”

“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”