Why did I love her? Because it was her; because it was me.

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.

My past has shaped me, that's true of anyone.

The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion.

There are those who are legitimately corrupt, who cannot admit that legitimacy allows them to corrupt legitimacy, and to legitimately corrupt others.

My food demons are Chinese food, sugar, butter.

The most exciting business ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin.

Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business.

If it doesn't make sense, you must find for the defense.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

I wanted him like I wanted air to breathe. Not a choice- a necessity.

Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.