“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to...” — Lucretius Quote

“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.”

“From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.”

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

“The great skill of investment is to know when the right time is to get out. Getting in's easy.”

“Making words rhyme for a living is one of the great joys of my life... That's a superpower I've been very conscious of developing. I started at the same level as everybody else, and then I just listened to more music and talked to myself until it was an actual superpower I could pull out on special occasions.”