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

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

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

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

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

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

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

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

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

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