“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”

“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.”

“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys”

“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”

“A witty saying proves nothing”

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