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

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

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

love the life you live.live the life you love.

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

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

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

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

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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