It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.

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.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable so you might as well be happy.

The ego is that ugly little troll that lives underneath the bridge between your mind and your heart.

Honour is a luxury for aristocrats, but it is a necessity for hall-porters.

Each man has his own way of being himself and of saying it so ultimately that he can't be denied.

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

Each of us needs an adequate biography: How do I put together into a coherent image the pieces of my life? How do I find the basic plot of my story?

I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.

You hate to see yourself do one draft of a script and then have somebody else come back in and change what you've done.