If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Life should be great rather than long.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

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.

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.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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