Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles. Wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing.

There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.

Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.

Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.

When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.