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

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

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

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

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

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Live your life and forget your age.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Courage is a kind of salvation.