It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

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.

Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will.

Do not judge. You don't know what storm i've asked her to walk through

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

No one wants to live forever if it means becoming increasingly decrepit.

Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.

I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

I don't do meditation. That's not for me. It's not my thing.

We get a deal o' useless things about us, only because we've got the money to spend.

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.

You're not poor because you don't have money. You're poor if you don't have a dream.