“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death”

“As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid”

“Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, the house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square”

“How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!”

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think ”

“Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself”