May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

If you, therefore, must be numbered among the great, you too must run for your life.

don't let the pursuit of happiness stop you from being happy right here, right now.

Ef women want any rights more'n dey got why don't dey jes' take 'em and not be talkin' about it.

To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.

My books are just pure escapism for kids.

America is a country of laws.

Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect.

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that have to announce that I ate kale and liked it.

But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own.