The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

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'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

God is a good paymaster

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If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

A novelist needs to know his own strong points and weak points.

As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt.

I love the ocean. Boats, not so much.

Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.

Dieting is our last tie with asceticism.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.