Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

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.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

What goes up must come down.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.