A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

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 I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Women were supposed to be strong, but they weren't really, they weren't allowed to be.

Hatred towards thy neighbor is the cage that deprives us from social freedom.

Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.

God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!

The question that he frames in all but words is what to make of a diminished thing.

You really need to believe that you are on to something important.