Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think

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.

The changes that take place when liberal Democrats replace not so liberal or compassionate Republicans (or Democrats) are merely cosmetic.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

...if the beginnings of love and amorous politics are equally rosy, then the ends may be equally bloody.

Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.

If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.

Until the day when a wise black man can become our ambassador in Paris, we will forever be a pre-Brazil.

I don't know if it's good to be stuck at one place. I'm probably too close to home on that. Because that can happen-where I'm not the best judge of my own work.

Anybody can breathe. Therefore anybody can practice yoga.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.