If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

The way to know life is to love many things.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

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

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

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 is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

I am not young enough to know everything.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

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

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Any place I hang my head is home.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.