I speak the truth not so much as I would but as much as I dare and I dare a little more as I grow older.

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.

for what is religion if not a kind of madness, and what is madness without a touch of religion?

Humanity has always had a flair for guilt by association.

There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam.

I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.

Talk what you will of taste, my friend, you'll find two of a face as soon as of a mind.

You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.

Still, vicious or virtuous, Love suits most of us.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?

The light in the North is constantly a thrill for me.