Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

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.

Must I wonder if your thoughts are of me? If you are missing me, wanting me, creating heart beats and poet-less words for me? [ i do…]

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

You Too? I thought I was the only one.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing.

I'm not Stubborn; I'm right!

When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity.

I hate flying. I'm not a big fan of flying at all so everywhere I go I go by tour bus. If I have to fly I will but I'm not a big fan of it.

Watt had watched people smile and thought he understood how it was done.