Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

I would have run awayInto the forestTo live in a nestMade of dreamsAnd green leaves

Dear, sweet, beautiful girl,

Time Dreams. They are memories of the soul. They encompass all Time. They exist in the space of a dream.

I will bestir myself, ' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.

Our brain is so full of nonsense there is no room for common sense.

I have a great love for cuisine, so I'm always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India.

Marriage is grand. Divorce is about twenty grand.

The single greatest gift you could ever give the world is to be exactly who you are.

Customers must be delicately angled for at a safe distance - show yourself too much, and, like trout, they flashed away.

I hope to always be doing some low budget things.