Most men are rich in borrowed sufficiency: a man may very well say a good thing, give a good answer, cite a good sentence, without at all seeing the force of either the one or the other.

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.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it none therefore has spoken the truth

The magic of a jewel and the mystery of a book never end!

Stereotyping as a term has a negative connotation.

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.

Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me

The questioning spirit is the rebellious spirit. A rebellion is always either a cloak to hide a prince, or the swaddling wrapper of a new rule.

I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always a kind of gentle ballet.

If things are the way they are, why should I try to make them look different?