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

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

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

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.

I have always had plenty of friends, and now at age sixty, I face four walls as a common prisoner.

I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.

To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.

The death of young musicians isn’t something to romanticize.

Me and my girl split the buffet at KFC.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

For within you is the light of the world — the only light that can be shed upon the Path.

You managed to get him a duster, but you couldn't find me a pair of jeans?