There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

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

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

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

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference