“Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.” MenEndsFeelingsMarriageProfessionOccupationLivelihoodInconvenience Author:Honore de Balzac
“A man may be cheerful and contented in celibacy, but I do not think he can ever be happy; it is an unnatural state, and the best feelings of his nature are never called into action.” ThinkingMenMayStatesFeelingsActionMarriageCheerfulUnnaturalCelibacy Book:Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey Source: Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey