Live as if you were eternal.

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.

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice.

Life is simple but if you don't put anything into it, you won't get anything out of it.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

You can only become great at that thing you're willing to sacrifice for.

It's the closest place to nowhere that she can think of. And nowhere is exactly where she wants to be today.

Like a spring of pure water, God's peace in our hearts brings cleansing and refreshment to our minds and bodies

I looked at the canine companion. “Me cookies. You stay.

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise.

Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.

I'm not afraid of scars, be them emotional or otherwise. I think it builds character, and if it doesn't destroy you, I truly believe it makes us stronger.