To be entirely free, and at the same time, entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life that we realise at every moment.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. (Mr. Dumby, Act III)

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons.