"Happy the man, and happy he alone,  He, who can call today his own;  He who, secure within, can say: “Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.”"

"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

"Love is love's reward."

"Death in itself is nothing but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it."

"I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy."