In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.

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.

I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even ask.

Mankind have angels and devils, this thing is called balance!

That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.

We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.

The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google.

I haven't changed - the public has. I'm an insider now, which is hilarious.

There's a little bit of me in all of the characters I've played. I've never really had the opportunity to play something that's a complete departure from me.

Abduction is a romantic expression of passion.

Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.