The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

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.

Most great accomplishments do not look promising in the beginning. If you give up on a big dream too early, you have probably stepped on gold and mistook it for a rock.

My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.

With this in mind, Ava tells herself to be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it was over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.

Truth carries with it confrontation.

If you want to know why you didn't make a boat -- I'll tell you. You're just out there hammering the water. You're killing fish, not rowing.

Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public, while learning the music and his instrument at the same time.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking.