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

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

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

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

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

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

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

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

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

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

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.