Few love what they may have.

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.

Celebrate your life, this is your only life.

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in terms of showing you what you look like and what your emotions are.

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.

Every couple goes through things.

I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.

There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action.

What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.