Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]

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.

Determination could easily become obsession.

Berlin is the place to which I am most closely bound by human and scientific ties.

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

I'm not a horror fans as much as I'm a fan of thrillers.

When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

Your business as a writer is not to illustrate virtue but to show how a fellow may move toward it or away from it.

People define themselves aesthetically at a very young age.