Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.

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.

By God’s grace and mighty power, we can do great deeds.

It’s not always best to know what’s going on beneath the surface.

When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run.

The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.

Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.

Even the bad books I write are satisfying. I'm my least critical reader.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.

The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?

Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.