He that seeks trouble always finds it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

The shortest answer is doing.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Two heads are better than one.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Many things are lost for want of asking.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Though it may seem counter intuitive to our inner perfectionist, recognizing our mistakes as valuable lessons (not failures) helps us lay the groundwork for later success.

You can't plan for feelings. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it'll be okay anyway.

I am not afraid to die because I know heaven is a place of artists, musicians and poets

For a thousand years, and then a thousand more…I will love you.

Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality. Their works survive.

Is love a fancy, or a feeling?

Sentiment and nostalgia are fatal for fiction. One must go into the territory of the imagination with sure feet, hot fainting with glorious misery.

Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.

I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else.

Regeneration is a spiritual change; conversion is a spiritual motion.