Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.

Man must live in contentment with the conditions of his time. He must not make himself the slave of any habit. He must eat a piece of stale bread with the same relish and enjoyment as the most sumptuous dinner. Contentment is real wealth. If one develops within himself the quality of contentment he will become independent. Contentment is the creator of happiness. When one is contented he does not care either for riches or poverty. He lives above the influence of them and is indifferent to them.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.

Everything you can imagine is real.