Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.

The biggest problem is the funerals that don't exist. People call the funeral home, they pick up the body, they mail the ashes to you, no grief, no happiness, no remembrance, no nothing. That happens more often than it doesn't in the United States.

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.