True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

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.

How frightening, that one person could mean so much, so many things.

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation?

You can deal with an emotion based on reason, but who can control an unreasonable emotion?

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you

He was about to kiss me. I was sure of it. I had never been kissed before and had no idea what to do! - Delphine Delmar

What do you believe about who you are? About your capabilities? When was the last time you trusted yourself enough to test them?

Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

No other person ever has, or ever will have, the unique blend of talents, strengths, and perspective that you have.

I am blessed or cursed, depending on how you look at it, with an incurably restless spirit and the ability to work hard.