“Real happiness cannot be bribed by anything sordid or low.”
“Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.”
“Some of you rich men have to be taught that all the world cannot be bribed into condoning your offences.\”
“There is real happiness to be gained from being able to distinguish between things that cannot be changed and things that should be changed.”
“To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.”
“The secret to happiness is low expectations.”