Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

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.

A world constructed from the familiar is the world in which there's nothing to learn.

The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.

The Holy Spirit, not the pope, is the vicar of Christ on earth.

The real meaning of mercy is that it can look on failure and still see a future.

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.

Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.

I feel most at home when I am writing a poem—because in that instant, I am everywhere.

Easy short-term choices lead to difficult long-term consequences meanwhile difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.