Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

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

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

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

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.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.