To-morrow I will live, the fool does say; To-day itself's too late, the wise lived yesterday.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most discerning and disciplined thought.

I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

You have the courage and power to live your dreams.

Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money.

We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.

At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it.

There was a time I wanted to go into politics. And so all of a sudden, here I am, I guess. I'm in the thick of it.

Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret.