“Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.”

It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, ‘I don’t know.’

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.

I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.

She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn’t matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material …

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

I do my best to tell a story whenever I write music because I want to paint the most vivid picture that tells a story whether a person is falling in love for the first time or going through a painful heartbreak.

It’s the best way for people to get to me know.

In everything the middle road is best.

No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don’t get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.

I’m competitive.

Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.

Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.