All is change; all yields its place and goes.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

Not everyone will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those that do.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

The way I represent my individuality is by mixing classic pieces - like sports jackets - with little, unexpected additions.

All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.

We shall build on. On through the cynic

If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.

I hadn't liked him at first. He did sort of grow on you after a while. Like the cosmopolitans. Or maybe because of the cosmopolitans.

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.

Oh, to know God's private address.