A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.