One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.

War is the national industry of Prussia.

Develop a clean line of action for your leading character

I love school, but when I was going to school, I sort of used it as an opportunity to figure out what I love to do.

You should believe in your talent and potential. Never lose hope.

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

Sometimes, the hardest habit to break is the habit of doing nothing beyond the necessary.

I was happy that I finally could play a mature woman, because I started working when I was a teenager and was always playing characters according to my age.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.