To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Live simply so others may simply live.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

It would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

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

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

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

Time is the best killer.

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

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

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

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

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.