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The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state read more
If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.
When you're really poor, everything you see
is something you can't have.
When you're really poor, everything you see
is something you can't have.
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going?
Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order;
Bleak read more
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going?
Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order;
Bleak blows the blast--your hat has got a hole in it.
So have your breeches.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
I like to enjoy myself, but rest assured that I can be as serious as anyone else can.
I like to enjoy myself, but rest assured that I can be as serious as anyone else can.
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was read more
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
