Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.

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.

Petals don't ask Where to landThey just fall With grace.

To understand Jesus Christ, you must know the Language of Heaven.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

She was seventeen, her entire life shining on her lips.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

When God helps all the workers for His world, The singers shall have help of Him, not last.

Only because uplifted in song, was I able to endure the blaze of the dawn.

Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood

The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.

To a mouse, cheese is cheese. That is why mouse traps are effective.