A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.

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.

When you win nothing hurts.

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?

Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there.

My belief is where I get my strength. When I'm struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I'm excited to share that.

If you'd just try, I'm sure you'd be able to fly.

When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I would never do a dish unless I had to write.

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.