"If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."

"I keep working because I learn something new all the time."

"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power."

"You should never give up your inner self."

"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."

"Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future."