The result proves the wisdom of the act.

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.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

Experience is a supreme teacher, but experience is not something that can be taught. It has to be learned through choice and consequence.

Every person lives bounded by the structural formation of human anatomy and the provincial demands of the human condition.

If your competitors start copying you then you are doing something right!

Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his casual racism and casual misogyny.

Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.

But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.

What twelve year old wouldn't want to play an evil wizard?

When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it.