The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.

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.

When an Angel whispers in your ear, it is your heart that hears thy message.

...everywhere I am is true.

In a great romance each person plays a part the other really likes.

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

To be famous and broke is hard.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every form....Love alone is my religion.

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.