“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

“like the fox
I run with the hunted
and if I’m not
the happiest man
on earth
I’m surely the
luckiest man
alive.”

“all at once
I saw
that the sun
was round! Since then
I have been the happiest man on Earth!”

“The happiest day — the happiest hour
My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
I feel hath flown.”

“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”

“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”

“Things as they are have been destroyed.
Have I? Am I a man that is dead
At a table on which the food is cold?
Is my thought a memory, not alive?
Is the spot on the floor, there, wine or blood
And whichever it may be, is it mine?”

“Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive.”

“As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope”

“During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.”