"Without sunshine a flower cannot live. Even a marriage can’t live "

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Source: Letter to Harriot Washington (Oct. 30, 1791)

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

Source: Psychology: Briefer Course (1892)

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

Weakness Quote