"Man is fond of counting his troubles,..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“All people seem to be divided into'ordinary'and 'extraordinary'. The ordinary people must lead a life of strict obedience and have no right to transgress the law because?theyare ordinary.Whereas the extraordinary people have the right to commit any crime they like and transgress the law in any way just because they happen to be extraordinary.”

“A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.”

“My feelings, gratitude, for instance, are denied me simply because of my social position.”

“We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.”

“Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”

“Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia.”

“Earnestly I must exert myself in order to return as much as I have received.”