You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
Music is essentially useless, as life is.