Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes.

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.

Sensitive people either love deeply or they regret deeply. There really is no middle ground because they live in passionate extremes.

It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos

I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.

I say, Billy, what’s the use in playing croquet when you’re doomed? He says, Frankie, what’s the use of not playing croquet when you’re doomed?

Thus I grind to conclusion.

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

I have such thin skin, so I make a concerted effort to avoid reading anything about myself.

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men.

Usually the most interesting stories are written not on paper but hearts.

I envision a world filled with women traveling alone and meeting each other on the path.