In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Lessen the odds are stacked against you, Use Cosmic Ordering.

To translate a poem from thinking into English takes all night.

Health and happiness are interconnected.

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.

My philosophy has always been, do what you love and the money will follow.

I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood.

You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want?

I've been 6 ft. 2 ins. since I was 13.