Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

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.

When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

They wanted me to sit, listen, learn, be quiet, when I wanted to run, shout, jump, fly.

In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.

From the moment fear begins I have ceased to fear.

The origin and the causes of disease are far too recondite for the human mind to unravel them.

The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.

He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

A promise made should be a promise kept.

At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.