It takes a long time to grow young.

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

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

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

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

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

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.