“One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering
“I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning
“World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain
“At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction
“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live
“People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains
“A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain