Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

It's not enough merely to exist. Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to relize his own true worth.

The key for having success is totally rejecting thoughts that try to sow doubts into your conscience

I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.

Smile wide to receive many smiles in return. But if you want a good laugh, smirk like a wicked, little imp and watch the range of expressions you're flashed.

Men mourn for what they have lost women for what they ain't got.

The United States has launched airstrikes against ISIS. It's being called 'Operation Approval Ratings.'

Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such a thing as an internal editor.

Place bets on your dreams and be your own hero!

The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

What greater thing can you do - besides for God - than good for other people? That goes for you mean people, too - I mean, really, what is your problem?