Our advantages fly away without aid. Pluck the flower. [Lat., Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona. Carpite florem.]

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.

How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it?

To know is nothing at all

I live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went to bed with her maids.

Woman is, by habit or nature, queen of the household. She is not designed to organize on a large scale.

Donald Trump is a charismatic personality bigger than life.

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.