0 summer friendship, whose flat-tering leaves shadowed us in our prosperity, With the least gust, drop off in the autumn of adversity.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.

Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your life, lose.

I'm curious about everything - even things that don't interest me.

Demand for grain in the world today is a more stable trend than demand for energy. Russia is a major grain exporter and can consolidate its positions

I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican,' but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.

Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing.

Divorce also entails the beginning of a supposition that that familial reality might have obstructed one's ability to perceive others.

In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal.

You are so, even when falling." (Byakuya Kuchiki)