Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

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

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

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.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

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