Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]

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.

No, " I say. "I didn't know that, " and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me.

I think whenever there’s potential for beauty, beauty can be found. And everything has potential for beauty.

She had words in her heart which she released thru her fingertips.

You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door.

Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.

Everything is done with a goal, and that goal is "good."

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist.

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.