Life holds so much so much to be happy about always. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can be felt only if you don't set any conditions.

When I was young I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.

I am tired before the concert not afterward.

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.

How difficult it is to learn not to see like cameras, which has had such an effect on us. The camera sees everything at once. We don't.

We may well ask, What causes induce us to believe in the existence of body? but 'tis vain to ask. Whether there be body or not? That is a point which we must take for granted in all our reasonings.

I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.

Three reasons not to have a [spending] plan: 1. You're rich enough to buy anything you want and still have plenty of money left over. 2. I forget the other two.

There’s a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.