No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

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.

To dream is to allow our subconscious thoughts exceed our limitations

They massacred the servants before killing my parents. I saw it all through a knothole in the wood. As I said, my eyes were better back then.

I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet.

Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics.

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

It's very difficult to resort to hating [Pablo Escobar] when all he gave you his entire life was love and all the best he ever had.

Put your future in good hands. Your own.

I am a very optimistic man and only an optimistic man can bring optimism in the country.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.