Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

If you don't fear the failure, then failures are the best muscle builder.

The sea waves stirred before methey dashed against the rocksLike a mermaid rising from its depthscurled white sea foam were her locks...

The way is open, ride the wave of success again today. You can't lose.

Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . .

There are no excuses. There are no good reasons.

The further you go in writing the more alone you are.

If you want to continually grow your blog, you need to learn to blog on a consistent basis.

The greatest happiness in life is to be truly and consistently creative.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.