Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

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.

Learn, Teach, Love, Experience and Grow. That's what I know about this life we live.

The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.

Thank God!" he said, and kissed her.Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.

Remember it is your choice

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

The best birthday present I ever got was born 10 minutes before I was.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

Ah, how often I've cursed those foolish pages, That showed my youthful sufferings to everyone! If Werther had been my brother, and I'd killed him, His sad ghost could hardly have persecuted me more.

To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is alchemy.