I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
Memory feeds imagination.
