We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Growing older is certain

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

My dad took on every job he could get. He worked like mad. But then, at some point, he had saved up enough to open his first pub.

If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.

I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non.

What do you imagine the American people would think of me if I wasted my time going to the ball game?

Remember to enjoy everything. The things that feel good, the things that hurt. It’s all gonna make you better. Stronger.

Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character.

Reason finds it difficult to take root in the arid soil of wrath.

I didn't read a serious book until I was 19.