For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Your future is in the scripture so do not ignore the scripture

We don't have to always win, Sometimes we need to be deprived by others to improve ourselves.

Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

If you touch the hearts of people you can get people's minds to change, but you have to show them the beauty of not aborting a life.

I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed.

Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.