“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.”

“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.”

“He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.”

“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'”

“Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.”

“When all candles be out, all cats be grey.”