It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

There is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

Not all writers are silently suffering inside. But it certainly helps.

But to betray her with battalion... That is against decency, against Nature...And for him, Christopher tietjens, to come down to the level of the men you met here!

Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.

Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.

Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse

If a man only likes victory he must always come late for the battle.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

I've never felt like there's just one way to be beautiful. Tall or short, straight hair or curly, it doesn't matter.