Happiness ain't a thing in itself --- it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. That's all it is.

I've always been fascinated by the idea of transformation.

All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.