Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

To stay cheerful when involved in a gloomy and exceedingly responsible business is no inconsiderable art: yet what could be more necessary than cheerfulness? Nothing succeeds in which high spirits play no part. Only excess of strength is proof of strength.

Joyous distrust is a sign of health. Everything absolute belongs to pathology.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.