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

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

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.

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

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

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

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Live your life and forget your age.

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

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life

The future is the shape of things to come.

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

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.