A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are all apprentices when we come to it

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.

Eternity is the mentality for immortality. Make your mark

If you can run six miles on a summer day then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom. We can dump heat on the run, but animals can't pant while they gallop.

Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.

May you keep dreaming until the day you die. May imagination overtake memory. May you die young at a ripe old age.

My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.

Painting is the supreme form of expression; you don't need to 'read' painting.

The creepy thing about battle is you always feel alone.

I doubt Dereck Chisora can knock me out.