To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.

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.

I have shed many tears.I have been broken in my spirit.But through it all, God's grace have lifted my soul.

Every situation you conquer, you find the strength, your never knew you had.

Have confidence. Like the first spark of morning light against the entire night sky recognize the Power and Brilliance within you.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.

Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.

And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant

When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suffers a palpable hit.

dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence.

Don't hurry, don't worry, and don't forget to smell the flowers.