It is restful to leave one's home; not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes our responsibilities.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

The best accessory for a woman - handsome man!

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

When you're so drawn to art, to making pictures and looking at art, it's really all you want to think about.

The idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.

Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned

In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age.

To progress is always to begin again.