All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Never regret losing time on reading good books

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.

The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.

The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values, principles, and courage.

I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States and to the cause of freedom around the world.

Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

Dream big and your problems become small.