In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Pain don't hurt.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

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

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

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

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

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.