Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

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

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

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

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

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

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.

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

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Pain don't hurt.

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

Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

The future is the shape of things to come.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

Any place I hang my head is home.

Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.