Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the courage of man, rather than to give strength and energy to the mind.

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.

Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.

Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to.

It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans, ' it said.She laughed. 'Really?'The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves.

...a good poem contains both meaning and music

I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

I will not move my army without onions.

Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!

I think less is more in terms of makeup in general.