“There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
“There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions
“The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
“The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice
“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
“The value of life ist not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little