History is a set of lies agreed upon.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
The more I see, the less I know for sure.
Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
Live to the point of tears.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
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.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
