If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

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

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

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

Pain don't hurt.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

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

Life is made up of marble and mud.

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

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

My art and profession is to live.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.