"I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far"

"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"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"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"

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

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

"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"

"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"