The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.

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 two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world.

I love books because I don't have to wait for the commercials to be over to find out what happens.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.

Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.

In a thousand pound of Law there's not an ounce of love.

Throw false spirituality away like a pair of old shoes.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.