“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”
Business“There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.”
Good“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”
Business“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
Great“Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.”
Best“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
Good“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
Love“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
Travel“To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.”
Motivational“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.”
Great“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”
Good“Wine is bottled poetry.”
Poetry“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
Truth“The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.”
Love“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”
Inspirational“Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.”
Friendship“Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.”
Alone“An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
Life“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.”
Age“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.”
Gardening“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”
Wisdom“Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.”
Marriage