For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. read more

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth read more

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, read more

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you read more

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.

I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.