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.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

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

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

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

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

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

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

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

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.