Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

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

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.