Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Apriority creates ambiguities among ideas.

I didn't drink, I told him, with that embarrassed feeling I got whenever I was reminded that I had a body, that I looked like anything at all.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.

. . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull.

Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.

People aren't born racist.

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction.

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

There is nothing in life to take seriously except the joy of life.

I don't care about people who don't care about me. If people are negative or mean, then that's their issue. Screw them.