Art Is An Effort To Create, Beside

It Is Often Said That In Prosperity We Have Many Friends, But That We Are Usually Neglected When Things Go Badly. I Disagree. Not Only Do Malicious People Flock About Us In Order To Witness Our Ruin, But Other Unfortunates As Well, Who Have Been Kept Away By Our Happiness, And Now Feel Close To Us On Account Of Our Troubles.

Often We Allow Ourselves To Be Upset By Small Things We Should Despise And Forget. We Lose Many Irreplaceable Hours Brooding Over Grievances That, In A Year's Time, Will Be Forgotten By Us And By Everybody. No, Let Us Devote Our Life To Worthwhile Actions And Feelings, To Great Thoughts, Real Affections And Enduring Undertakings.

There Are Deserts In Every Life, And The Desert Must Be Depicted If We Are To Give A Fair And Complete Idea Of The Country.

A Friend Loves You For Your Intelligence, A Mistress For Your Charm, But Your Family's Love Is Unreasoning; You Were Born Into It And Are Of Its Flesh And Blood. Nevertheless It Can Irritate You More Than Any Group Of People In The World.

Without A Family, Man, Alone In The World, Trembles With The Cold.