I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.