The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
History is the devil's scripture.
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.
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.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
All of us are products of our childhood.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The past is the best prophet of the future.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.