Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Follow your dreams with determination and conviction until they become true.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.

I was ranked the second most conservative member in the House.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Without education, you really can't dream as a child.

Generals are not to be too scrupulous.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden