“What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?”

“Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.”

“Happiness is the ability to recognize it.”

“We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live.”

“Of two evils choose the prettier.”

“Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself”

“What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?”