Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. – Ernest Hemingway (Thanks, Schanna)

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

Sorrow hides behind all your pleasures; you are gluttonous rats which it attracts with a bit of savory bacon. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. – Maya Angelou, PBS, 1988 March 28th