Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

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

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

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

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

It takes a long time to grow young.

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

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

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

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.