There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. - Logan Pearsall Smith

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.