things never seem as bad as they are.

the Empire State Building was tall. So what? Just proved New York builders didn't know when to stop at a good story.

our deeds have even less substance than we ourselves.

one pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death.

Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.

It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.

it's been my experience that while impossible things happen frequently, improbable ones never do.

It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.

... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close at hand, and no one reached for it.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Without the wetness of your love, the fragrance of your water, or the trickling sounds of your voice ― I shall always feel thirsty.

Never ever regret anything in life that made you smile in your past

The human race is a scummy thing, and so is Earth, and so are you.

What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?'I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen to your dad when he told you not to bet against me?

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.

The formula for water is H2O. Is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.