Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

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 itself is the proper binge.