Who so hath his mind on taking, hath it no more on what he taketh.

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.

...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell.

What I've learned in the last few years is that I am merely a storyteller.

I'd never really found a place in the outside world, but had stayed away too long to fit in at home.

Men would eat horse droppings, if ye served them wi' butter.

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard.

God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.

Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

I would feel so guilty about lying that I would try to stress myself out and work up a headache so I wouldn't have the guilt of not having a bit of the symptom.

As a commander-in-chief what you do and what you say has real consequences.