We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.

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 idea that property has overcome our personalities is the single reason we'll miss the best part of our lives. It's people, not possessions that make our lives worth living.

Like any man, he had no real protection from an unsolicited kiss from a pretty woman, even one he had just murdered.

Obviously the raven with the unquenchable itch was at it again, playing tricks on the world and its creatures. Once by air, he thought, and now by water.

Quality products and personalized attention secures retail customers.

ordered me a sky from a florist

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.