The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Those who have money think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know it is money.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned.

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.

It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.

It was brave, " countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful.

The prospect of change is a many-fanged beast, my dear.

Love is the best wisdom.

Customs, morals--is there a difference?

I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.

A lot of solos I hear sound so incredible, but they sound like somebody practicing. They sound a bit soulless - fiery, but at the same time, lacking in spirit and soul.

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.

Don't waste your youth growing up.

Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives.

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.