It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

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.

Ah, when love dies, women lose two and a half inches in height.

When you are focused on what you're doing, you are not going to miss the next opportunity ... it's more likely that you get more!

All stories are born out of illusion, but that doesn't mean they're not worth telling.

Time doesn't wait for anyone, but you always have to wait for time.

Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are.

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.

When people leave, they always seem to scoop themselves out of you.

We will not have any more crashes in our time.

When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.

I had to have a complete liver transplant.