Habit is second nature.

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.

Your calling should bless and affect the lives of others for good

Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

Did Romeo and Juliet have a ... "relationship"? The term "relationship" ... betokens a chaste egalitarianism leveling different ranks and degrees of attachment.

I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can.

We can be of little service to our fellows until we become disillusioned without being embittered.

Raise your right palm: We do solemnly swear To stack more dough more calmly this year.

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

Communists love to make films about composers, because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.