Ah take the Cash and let the Credit go Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.

As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; but don’t hurt others.

Don't cry upon you losses Don't mesure today with tommorows Don't trust to passed and coming day Believe in now - and be happy today.

Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, - O love, there is no other life - but here.

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

The real triumph of the state occurs when its subjects refer to it as “we, ” like football fans talking about the home team.

A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid.

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit sing-a-ma-jig album.

There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.

With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it in favor of Stalinist/Fascist standards.

It's silly to build a wall around your interests.