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

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

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.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

Any place I hang my head is home.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

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

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Life should be great rather than long.