Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.

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 laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century

There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God. There is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-rophi.

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.

In times of panic man seems to exchange his soul for a tail.

Navigation is easy. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be able to teach it to Sailors.

Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.

Many people see Eva Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I definitely can identify with her.

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

A feature film is twenty-four lies per second.

Buttercup, miserable even with Prim’s constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face.