A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

I'm in love with writing, but sometimes I swear it hates me.

Happiness is the only sanction in life where happiness fails existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

I don't need to be better than anybody or worse than anybody to feel better about myself. I just need to stick on my own path and stay in the moment as best I can.

There are no dumb male questions. There are dumb males, but not dumb male questions.

My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while.

San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-city/small-town coolness to it.

We do not want the peace of slaves nor the peace of the grave.

I Used To Believe In Reincarnation, But That Was In a Past Life.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.