He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity part of his nation part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
