The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.

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.

If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

Keep asking yourself, 'What kind of a company would my company be if everyone in it was just like me?'

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer.

A fine lady is a squirrel-headed thing, with small airs and small notions; about as applicable to the business of life as a pair of tweezers to the clearing of a forest.

The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.

Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart.

The world is as it should be.

Trains are not any more energy efficient than the average automobile, with both getting about 48 passenger miles to the gallon.