Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.

For those who were born lovers, falling in love is neither an option nor a decision. it is a matter of existence.

Love has been in perpetual strife with monogamy.

Memory is the best of all gardens. Therein, winter and summer, the seeds of their past lie dormant, ready to spring into instant bloom at any moment the mind wishes to bring them to life.

Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.

Why go further and further, Look, happiness is right here. Learn how to grab hold of luck, For luck is always there.

Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.

The only valid voice of one's reputation is that spoken by one's conscience.

Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.