Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.
Any place I hang my head is home.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
There's place and means for every man alive.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included