At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

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.

People sometimes cling to the strangest beliefs. On the one hand, they believe in an all loving God, but on the other hand they believe He will give you cancer to test or mature you.

My mother use to say she would rather be dead than not eat the foods she liked. At eighty-six she met with death but she enjoyed every breath

Letting people be okay without us is how we get to be okay without them.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.

I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered.

And yet, what is bravery but the capacity to reject our fears, ignore and supress them, then go on to do whatever it is we are afraid to do.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.

I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad at trumpet.