We think too much and feel too little.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

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.

Life should be great rather than long.

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

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

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

Let silence take you to the core of life.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

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

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

Nature is not human-hearted.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

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.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.