Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

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

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

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.

What goes up must come down.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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

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

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

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

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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

The future is the shape of things to come.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.