Diane

“Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others--the minted round of metal. And one may safely say that, of all the ages since a coin first became the symbol of power, ours is that in which it yields to the majority of its possessors the poorest return in heart's contentment.”
― George Gissing, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

“If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.”
― Voltaire

“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.”
― Christopher Isherwood

“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue