In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.

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.

Be persistent, be persistent, they say. But please, do not mistake being a pest for being persistent.

The jewels of sorrow last forever

Many a good story has been found in the bottom of a decent Rioja.

When you bait your hook with your heart, the fish always bite.

I wish I were better at straightforward description. I feel like I'm usually overdoing it or underdoing it, and it takes a lot of tweaking to get the details right.

Among Negroes we have Negroes who are as white as some white people. Still there's a difference.

Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.

Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter's evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day.