Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

The way to know life is to love many things.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.