In the end, everything is a gag.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

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

I restore myself when I'm alone.

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

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

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

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

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

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

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

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.