“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”

“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”

“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ”

“Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.”

“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.”

“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”

“The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.”