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

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

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

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

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

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

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.