“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one”

“Go into the London Stock Exchange a more respectable place than many a court and you will see representatives from all nations gathered together for the utility of men. Here Jew, Mohammedan and C...”

“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”

“If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.”

“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

“Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to their vices and the doubts that crowded their head. Their hatred. Their envy.”

“She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She'd become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was still one of those ...”

“We may be just a drop in the ocean, but even the ocean envies the depth of our love.”