The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

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

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

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

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.