A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

The feeble tremble before opinion the foolish defy it the wise judge it the skillful direct it.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

Art comes from everywhere. It's your response to your surroundings.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

Oh, I think Rupert's gorgeous. He is, he's totally gorgeous! Very handsome, very handsome indeed.

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.