Live to the point of tears.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

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

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.

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

I am not young enough to know everything.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

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

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

In the end, everything is a gag.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.