Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot. -Ashleigh Brilliant.

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot. -Ashleigh Brilliant.

All of us have our troubles. But no matter how unhappy we are, life has to carry on.

All of us have our troubles. But no matter how unhappy we are, life has to carry on.

The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.

Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.