Culture makes all men gentle.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

He had not been tossed aside by time, but lost in it.

I discuss my beliefs less because I bed my atheist, who cannot believe in much more sacred than our kisses.

I think about all the ways I’ve been perceived by others over the years: as a burden, a dutiful daughter, a girlfriend, a spiteful wretch, an inva

I know you [Donald Trump] live in your own reality, but that is not the facts.

Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.

Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.

I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many.

Perfection is what we create in our own mind. I prefer the flaw.

Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.

I always thought I was commercial. I always thought I was writing hit singles. These days, whatever's on the radio is considered commercial. People like what's on the radio, whatever it is.