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

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

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

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

The less you know, the more you believe.

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

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

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

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.