At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Every beautiful thought adorns your life with beauty and love.

Don't be afraid of what you're creating.

When everyone leaves you it's loneliness you feel, when you leave everyone else it's solitude.

I'd like to do a play, but I can't find the right thing. I don't want it to be a starring role. I just want to play a really interesting character.

Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.

But if the vision is strong enough, and your goals are steady, and you believe, pretty soon you bring other people with you.

The nourishment from barbecue is palatable.

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

There are as many reasons why and ways to fish as there are people who do it.