Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay?

It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.

Propaganda is the art of persuading others of what you don't believe yourself.

Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

If lucky be not proud; if unlucky, do not despond.

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.

It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his art as well as feel its effects. Art works for all whom it can touch.

Never on painter's canvas livesThe charm of his fancy's dream.

Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.

I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak.

By faith we began, by hope we continue, and by revelation we shall obtain the whole.

Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.