Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

In the end, everything is a gag.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

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

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

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

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

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

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

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.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.