It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

We all owe death a life.

In the end, everything is a gag.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

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

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

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

There's place and means for every man alive.