For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.

Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I could not abide?

It's more important to be read than paid.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

If you have a moral law then you must have a moral law giver. You don’t get a moral law unless there’s a moral law giver.

Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary

I seldom remember my father, but I sneeze and rub my nose the way he did. I also love my son with grief and anger, as he did.

May love fill your heart, compassion guide your mind, faith rule your soul.

We were all monsters and bastards, and we were all beautiful.