Novelty in all things is charming.

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.

Do what others cannot do and change what others are not in a position to change

Make friends not enemies. Compliment do not criticize. Like.

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from.

The beginning of every writing session is like setting down a road unknown.

I do not know what horrified me most [during the depression]: the economic misery of my companions [or] their moral and ethical coarseness.

In this world of gossip, a good listener is rarer than a great orator.

The course of the United States in World War II, I said, was dishonest, dishonorable, and ignominious, and the Sunpapers, by supporting Roosevelt's foreign policy, shared in this disgrace.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

Once you start to listen to your voice, you start to feel the power in that.