When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

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 trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.

You don't win battles you walk away from.

They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

It is not about where you are but in what direction you're moving. God is into character, not credentials.

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.

Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered.

The chimps love holidays - in fact Tatu actually anticipates them and asks about them.

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.