Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

In the end, everything is a gag.

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

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

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

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Certain signs precede certain events.

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

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.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.