You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

Compassion is born from understanding suffering. We all should learn to embrace our own suffering, to listen to it deeply, and to have a deep look into its nature.

Stories in themselves are not automatically good

There is a language for every heart, you just need to master one.

Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion.

Patch grinned down at me. “I’m hard to resist.

My songs are like my children. I love every single one of them.

By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]

If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.