"The mass of men lead lives of quiet
desperation."
"If the day and the nights are such that you greet them with
joy,
and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet scented
herbs,
is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, - that is your
success."
"It is a
little star-dust caught,
a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched."
"I know that
there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy
themselves as long as they live; moreover, it is God’s gift
that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their
toil".
"Two are
better than one, because they have a good reward for their
toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up the other;
... Again,
if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep
warm alone?"