"Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door;Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shoreWhere neither piping bird nor peeping dawnDisturbs the eternal sleep,But in the stillness far withdrawnOur dreamless rest for evermore we keep."
"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
"Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits."
"Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind."
"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last."
"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."