Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.