A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.

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.

Jenna slipped in wearing an outfit that I can only describe as Hello Kitty Goes Goth.

A good gardener looks at every plant every day.

My dad told me if I was ever intimidated by anyone, just picture them with their clothes off. He said that's how he dealt with my mom.

My service solidified my respect for our freedom, and the struggle to preserve it. I know the cost of obtaining freedom, keeping it and the value of it.

Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women.

Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich.

What I hankered for was an account of knowledge which would do far more than get our intuitions about cases right; I wanted a kind of account which would somehow be explanatory.

It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.

Victims should come first.

And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.