“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”

“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example”

“The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits”

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love”

“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come”

“In one of the stars, I shall be living. In one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night ”