We must reserve a back shop all our own entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.

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.

New birth, new bliss.

Such was the hidden power of nature, capable of producing extreme beauty and cruelty at the same time.

The truth is that James, like many other great writers and artists, had chosen his own loyalties and nationality. His true country, his home, was that of the imagination.

I wonder, said the Lord I wonder if I know the answer any more.

When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts are frustrated it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.

For me, every day is a new thing.

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!

Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness.

Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves.