A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith. - George Bernard Shaw

"A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."

"A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."

"She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech."

"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."