I quote others in order to better express myself.

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.

In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

God doesn't work for us; we work for God.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

I'm not this tough guy, I'm not this super hard person.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

Donald Trump is a strong leader.

A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.

God,” I moaned. “Do they use that stuff as rocket fuel?” “No one made you keep drinking it.” “Hey, don’t get preachy. Besides, I had to be polite.” “Sure,” she said.