What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?

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 secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

The world's a scene of changes and to be constant in nature is inconstancy.

I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries.

That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.

We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.

Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love.

I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.

I love jewelry - rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, you name it.

I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.