The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Do not constantly question why your desires have not manifested, although you should keep a vibrational connection to them.

Take pleasure in your dreams relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

I think mine is a very rich life.

My husband has always agreed with me philosophically.

If you don't understand hip-hop, you just have to see it being recorded.

Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.

Because there was just one thing that I had to believe to be able to live - I had to know that he existed. That was all. Everything else I could endure. So long as he existed.