Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

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.

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.

To love is the never ending purpose of life.

If there had once been a chance and there had once been love, then it will still be there in spite of time and obstacles. If you can get past that, you can get past a lot.

How you gather, manage and use intel in life determines whether you win or lose. That's the # 1 rule for the mavericks in business.

The smell of dead fish lingered in the air, and excited flies darted from fish to fish lapping up the decay.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.

The more you work, study and develop your ability to contribute more to the lives and well-being of others, the better life you will have in all areas.

The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty.

You're probably the most boring teenager in the world.