Old age is by nature rather talkative.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

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.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

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

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

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

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.