"I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore"

"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"He is not a lover who does not love forever"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"I love to travel, but hate to arrive"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"