The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

So his flunkies are what, pirates?

I found myself with a perseverance worthy of a much better cause.

Those freckles make you seem like a galaxy of stars, just waiting to be explored and loved.

He looks at me, the light in his eyes fractures into millions of bits—a kaleidoscope of darkness that may never be fixed.

Don't ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out.

Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

I try to nap through as much of it as possible. I didn't even know about my Christmas movie until this February.

I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I'm not kidding.

God strung up his own son like a side of veal. I shudder to think what he would do to me.

Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.