Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet.

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

I've always had real trouble knowing what my actual desires and goals are. I've just been dragged along by fate.

I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth.

I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.

I stay away from Speedos. That would cause me absolutely unnecessary publicity.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

A blind man can see what she feels for you and you for her. Your souls are not merely entwined; they are fused.

I do quite extensive research for most of my novels.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.