There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.

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 time we are living in has its own conditions, peculiarities and standards

Just you wait till I’m a vampire! I’m not going to be sitting on the sidelines next time.

Our visions begin with our desires.

No one will ever blame you for trying to get it right.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

There was always something missing in Montreal.

Some men, who begin by saying that the world is a hell, often end by saying that it is a heaven when they succeed in the practice of self-control.