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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

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

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

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.

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

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

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

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Live simply so others may simply live.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

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

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

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.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.