“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.”

“It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself”

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

“You say you have thousands of my days; but I have thousands of moments, in which I can be merry and happy ”

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do”

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