The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

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

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.