Sanity is sometimes a matter of going on, outwardly, as if everything is all right.

Take the goods the gods provide, and don't stand and sulk when they are snatched away.

that darkest of syllables, death.

it requires a great deal more generosity to take than to give.

People tend to believe accusations more than denials.

I've gotten to the place where I find life too short for if-only.

Love is recognition, perhaps the highest form of it. You.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

Never allow a minute to pass without asking yourself what you did with the time

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

If I can’t garden in it, then I won’t wear it.

Football is all about sentiment

Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.

You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.

I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.