I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.

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.

The Truth is the Sacred Word of God.

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.

In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.

If you watch that show and you didn't know it was called Seinfeld, you'd think it was called 'The George Costanza Show'.

I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.

There are people who are not wealthy because they want to be comfortable.

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.