Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

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

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

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

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Live simply so others may simply live.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.