Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

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

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

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

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

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