I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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

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.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.