Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.

The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery.

Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up - you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that's beautiful and rare.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.

The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.

He took a deep breath. "I'm a dragon, Samantha." "Oh, my God." His lips twitched. "Even when I look like a man." "A dragon, " she repeated. "Yes.

If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.

Is that actually you or am I dreaming again?

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction-I've worked hard for them!

I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.")