A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Life is a fierce duel with emotions and a slow war with psychology.

This is for you, for your breath, whose absence would lessen a greater world.

Loves by all pros and cons is better than force it to look perfect

I find love is more of a bacterium than a virus unless you are comparing it to herpes.

Things you don't need in your life targets you the most.

I had a very strong desire to carry out adventures, but in those early days I didn't actually do any. I just dreamt about it.

He takes himself far too seriously and thinks he is very important. I don't like it when someone glorifies themself.

Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard.

Opportunities are always there for us to grow, opportunities are always there for us to come closer to each other & come closer to God; if we just look for them.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.