The world is but a perpetual see-saw.

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 damaging cognitive bias is overconfidence (illusory superiority), making leaders use their “gut” when they should be more rational.

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.

I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.

In fact, when it comes to TV, I'm not even sure what my real, true preferences are.

Still how unenlightened and ignorant are the very nations we term civilized!

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

Dim them lights get it in pimp tight do wat i do i lace up my own nikes.

Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.