Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Exceed not thy actions, but limit not thy mind.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

I will say this about being an optimist: even when things don't turn out well you are certain they will get better.

A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving the world.

There is no disease so destructive as lust.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

We have a lot of friends, but not among the governments - the friends are in the peoples. And in the last instance the peoples will be the rulers of those states.

Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.

We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers!

Industry is the root of all ugliness.