Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.
Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.
Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Courage is a kind of salvation.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Nature is not human-hearted.
I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.
Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
The way to know life is to love many things.
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.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
