I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.

If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some read more

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others
are here for, I don't know.

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others
are here for, I don't know.