Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.

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.

Your expenses will rise to meet your increased income, unless you are on a mission.

I believe that anyone can become better,if you put in the effort.

We can sometimes waste years of our lives waiting to be chosen. But that is a false premise. You are already chosen!

it is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

People are still hearing your music. They might not be buying it, but they might be having it and you don't know it. Your music is still out there.

I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets.

Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!

I say to my breath once again, little breath come from in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.