All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

We can have a friendly and intimate relationship with God.

speak hard, steal the air.

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.

So I stepped away, reminding myself that when you're a spy, sometimes all you can do is go on. One foot in front of the other, wherever the narrow path might lead.

Man was an accident on this world or it would have been made better for him!

You cannot be serious!

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

Courage is a greater virtue than love. At best, it takes courage to love.

As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.