Happiness is often hidden in misery

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

I don't have the luxury of time to be unhappy. I have too much to do. I have too much do accomplish. Who has the time to be unhappy?

ELECTED Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorlèd ear, Pipe me to pastures still and be The music that I care to hear.

Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

I believe that those who die for Ireland have no need for prayer

What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.

If I say that God is good, that is not true. God is not good. I am good, and if I say that God is wise, that is not true. I am wiser than he is.

Everybody has his own great ideas about what my art should be. But I can do whatever I like and there aren't many constraints to the way I work, whether I'm using a brush with ink or paint.