Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

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.

as some strings, untouched, sound when no one is speaking.So it was when love slipped inside us.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

Trust in yourself, your ability, and your struggles, but not in your appetite.

What are you waiting for? How long will you keep waiting? Don’t sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

You just have to be adventurous and that's the way I like to work. I think that's the role of the artist, to do something difficult, doing it first for himself. That's my definition of sincerity.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.