Great Throughts Treasury

"Our grandeur lies in our illusions."

"Real wealth is the soul in repose."

"The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep."

"When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near."

"My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet."

"I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends."

"The heart’s dead are never buried."

"Babies haven't any hair; old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lies a haircut and a shave."

"What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise, can you imagine what awful screeching?"