"A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length."

"I am near the end of the wine, sweet lords and lovely ladies, but out there the big wine is being poured – thin, slow, grey. Never more shall I taste the oncoming of this particular darkness. But I sh…"

"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."

"Modern mind has become more and more calculating. The calculative exactness of practical life which the money economy has brought about corresponds to the ideal of natural science: to transform the wo…"

"We usually think that a strong economy leads to an increase in life satisfaction among the population. We found that's not the case in Scotland."