There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

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.

Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.

Miracles' rely on their observer’s ignorance. 'Perfection' relies on the observer’s failure to notice the observed’s defects.

Money equals power

Between a man and a woman there was always one person who was stronger than the other one. That doesn’t mean the weaker one doesn’t love the stronger.

There was a time when He was not.

In the moment of reading, the writer comes up to the surface and the reader comes up to the surface and they kiss, like two fish. That actually does happen.

There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain.

A lot of Playmates look like Playmates, but I look so girl-next-door and wholesome.

Being #‎ IGNORANT is not so much a SHAME, as being UNWILLING to LEARN to do things THE #‎ RIGHT WAY.

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.