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

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

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

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

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

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

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.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

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

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

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour