Women are always anxious to urge bachelors to matrimony; is it from charity, or revenge ?.

Nothing is truer in a sense than a funeral oration: It tells precisely what the dead man should have been.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

There is a man waiting for a woman like you, don't settle for someone who only opens half of your heart.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

I find myself in the moment of solitude.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.

I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.

We all seek comfort, and I don't pretend to want to live in squalor.

A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it.

Spending on oneself does not boost wellbeing. However, spending money on others does -- and it appears to be as important to people's happiness as the total amount of money they make.