Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

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.

Women naturally prefer their ideas to their sensations.

Only God can make the common sacred.

If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.

Facts and credibility only support persuasion.

There is a time to make money and a time to not lose money.

My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out.

Every man kills the things that he loves. Some with a look, some with flattery, the coward with a kiss.

Education will equip you to do something worthwhile in the great world of opportunity that lies ahead.

Sarcasm is lost in print.

Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis. No time is too short for the wicked to injure their neighbors.