A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

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

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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

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

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.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?