"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect."

"There are two things I know about life... Only the good die young but the real jerks will live forever."

"Seasons change, so do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart and if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."

"What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find."

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."

"Good things don't end in 'eum,' they end in 'mania'...or 'teria'."