The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Love is something that if you give it away, you end up having more.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.