the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, Although they come and go by day, Are like the smith's bellows: They take breath but are not alive.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.