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

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Life should be great rather than long.

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

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

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

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

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.

There's place and means for every man alive.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

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

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.