It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.

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.

We are limited only by our unwillingness to take action.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

When your life becomes clear and pure, when your mind is clear and your view of life is unobstructed, then you'll be at peace with yourself. Then you will be happy.

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.

Cockfighting has always been my idea of a great sport -- two armed entrées battling to see who'll be dinner.

God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the soul and the clod.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Even a fool could see that one didn't need a war, nuclear or otherwise, to destroy oneself; the rising cost of weaponry could do that quite nicely.

I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet, I’m known as a graceful gymnast.