Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
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.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Life's a journey, not a destination.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.