Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

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

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

My art and profession is to live.