On being told his accountant had blown his brains out:

I'm amazed he was such a good shot.

Noel Coward

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Marcus Aurelius

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Jane Austen

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery