To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all—the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

While there's life, there's hope.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.