Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

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

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

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

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

Time is the best killer.

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

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

No one has ever become poor by giving.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air