Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Any place I hang my head is home.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

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.

Nature is not human-hearted.