“Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.”

“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”

“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”

“Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.”

“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”

“We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.”

“I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots”

“Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”