He who does not live in some degree for others hardly lives for himself.

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.

Do not forget the joy of existence.

One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

Love yourself first in order to endlessly love others.

That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life.

The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.

Men do not want solely the obedience of women, they want their sentiments.

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things.

Sharon Stone. She is one of the most dedicated people I know, but also highly unedited.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H Club - the 'hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.'