Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

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.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

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

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

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