Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life and avoid it as much as possible.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Magic is a very beautiful mystery. Even the ages old magic effects still surprises the most modern men.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Please use your freedom to promote ours.

The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent.

Some may say that I couldn't sing, but no one can say that I didn't sing.

I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, Ill hit a brick wall and need to sleep.

Run your own race at an even pace. Consider the course, the temperature, the weather, and most importantly, your current level of fitness.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

The more for whom we strive to serve, the greater effectiveness we will have.