“The value of life ist not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little
“I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals
“Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement
“It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself