The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Certain signs precede certain events.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn