“ To himself everyone is immortal he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. ”

“ Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. ”

“ People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. ”

“ Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ”

“ Life is not an exact science, it is an art. ”

“ An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. ”

“ Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. ”

“ Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. ”

“ Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ”

“ A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. ”