Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

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

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

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

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

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.