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

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 own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

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

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

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

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

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

Live to the point of tears.

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!

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

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

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

Life must be lived as play.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

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

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.