Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Don't write when you're angry and under deadline, with time to test it only on friends who know what you mean, not on strangers who don't.

People fascinate the hell out of me. I never get tired of watching people, listening to people. The best part is not getting up in front of people but meeting people.

When you live in a small house with five younger siblings, it's actually far more sensible- and much quicker- to cry alone.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

The real secret of happiness is simply this: to be willing to live and let live, and to know very clearly in one's own mind that the unpardonable sin is to be an unpleasant person.

After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.

Russia is tough. The history, the land, the people - brutal.

A guardian angel comes when you are very young, and gives you special dispensation. From what? From the world. Yours might be luck. Mine is money.

What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps not accurately.

I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live; Life is less than worthless till my all I give.