In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

By nature man without woman can feel no joy. She is his mother, his sister, his loving friend. She is seldom his enemy.

Mothers cowered over their small children, defenceless as their backs blossomed with red lines or swords were sunk into their flesh to reach the young ones they hid.

Dying is Easy, its Living that's hard

What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.

You may marry the man of your dreams ladies but fourteen years later you're married to a couch that burps.

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating!

In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

I love goofing around, and I love breaking people's balls. I do it off camera, as well as on camera.