If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

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

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

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

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

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

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Certain signs precede certain events.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.