The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

The goal of etiquette is to make the other person feel comfortable.

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?”

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

“You’ve got to date a lot of Volkswagens before you get to your Porsche.”

The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.