One may distort [the truth] to preserve peace.

If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child

Always wear a smile. The gift of life will then be yours to give.