Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Sucks to be left out of adolescence, sort of like getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time in a hundred years.

The fundamental language of life is change. Life will keep on changing.

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.

Every nerve that can thrill with pleasure, can also agonize with pain.

The reason the United States is not aging rapidly in terms of its demographics is because we accept people as newcomers to this society in numbers that far surpass any of our major peers or rivals.

Show me the man who isn't interested in discussing himself.

I don't know any saint who wanted to be the patron saint of kissing.

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

I am a little Jew of Vitebsk. All that I paint, all that I do, all that I am, is just the little Jew of Vitebsk.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.