Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

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.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

To fail at trying is worse than to fail after trying. If we never try, then we never learn.

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

We are our best friend and our worst enemy we will ever fight with.

The problem, of course, is that there's no way of knowing that your last good day is your Last Good Day. At the time, it's just another good day.

Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been a long walk.

You looove me. You love me this much.

We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die.

The maxim of courts is that manner is power.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.