The bitterness of the potion, and the abhorrence of the patient are necessary circumstances to the operation. It must be something to trouble and disturb the stomach that must purge and cure 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.

The most important thing in life is wisdom and not money

After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

To ask when the kingdom of God will come is to be religious

People think you're being dishonest because you're just too blunt.

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.

One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with.