Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

I use to believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Tom Cruise too.

Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life.

The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find.

I don't write for any particular kind of person.

With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died

Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.

I never change, except in my affections.

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything as long as he believed in himself.