Wit & Wisdom

“No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato.”

Charlotte Brontë, quoted in The Sunday Times (U.K.)

“Money is mourned with deeper sorrow than

friends or kindred.”

Roman poet Juvenal, quoted in Lapham’s Quarterly

“One thing a person cannot do, no matter how rigorous his analysis or heroic his imagination, is to draw up a list of things that would never occur to him.”

Economist Thomas Schelling, quoted in the Harvard Political Review

“We suffer into knowledge.”

Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, quoted in The New York Times

“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other

one snores.”

Author Terry Pratchett, quoted in the Montreal Gazette

“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a

golden haze.”

Novelist Elinor Glyn, quoted in GoodReads.com

“Everyone is always in favor of general economy and particular expenditure.”

British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, quoted in Forbes.com