The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

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

I am not young enough to know everything.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Do what's right for you, as long as it don't hurt no one

We think too much and feel too little.

Time is the best killer.