Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.

Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.