I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

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.

This was the face of slavery. To have nothing, and still have something more to lose.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

If what I may believe - about gall-stones, the Constitution, castor oil, or God - is conditioned by law, then I am not a free man.

Sometimes faggot is the right word. There's a trend in this country to avoid words: "We can't say that one anymore it's offensive."

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could be better spent in more formal educational pursuits. Play is a necessity.

Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian.

I saw my future. I pictured it, but didn't quite know how to get there. But I knew that I should never give up.

We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth.