“You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs”
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“You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs”
“My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident”
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale”
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do”
“It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth”
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it”
“And gain is gain, however small”
“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents”
“Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”
“Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf”
“Pleasure disappoints, possibility never”
“Don't forget to love yourself.”
“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know”
“Health is my expected heaven”
“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others”
“The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen”
“Nothing is to me more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new-married couple”
“Riches are chiefly good because they give us time”
“I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze”