"I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me"

"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"

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

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"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"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

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

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

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

"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"