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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.