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

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

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

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

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

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

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.