To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.

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.

Love is the only brick that hits you on the head and gives you a smile instead of tears.

The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena.

I've been 40 years discovering that the Queen of all colours is black.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.

But what do you believe? I don't just mean religion. What are you sure of?" "That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be.

When you hear that something can’t be done, ignore that advice and push forward.

He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it.

Liberty trains for liberty.