Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.

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.

Being impatient is rocket fuel for success. I have seen very few patient successful people. Most are impatient and always ready to move!

Ignorance of ourselves must be folly.

In France, religion had been considered the enemy of liberty, but in America, as George Washington expressed it, religion and morality were the 'twin pillars of freedom.'

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.

You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.

When I don't have to be at work, I want to be the real me - the comfortable me!

Time is the herald of truth.

The coolest thing is when you don’t care about being cool anymore. Indifference is the greatest aphrodisiac - that’s what really sums up style for me.

I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was unconsciously wrong yesterday.