A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.