“What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.”

“Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.”

“A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.”

“Women and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves but the first to rescue when others are endangered.”

“A timid person is frightened before a danger a coward during the time and a courageous person afterwards.”

“The test of pleasure is the memory it leaves behind. (Die Probe Eines Genusses ist Seine Erinnerung.)”

“The worlds most successful people didnt wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.”

“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”

“Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldnt rely on it, because its not guaranteed and its not permane...”