The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.

Quit while you’re ahead.All the best gamblers do.

Life is a deep and contemplative story stuck on repeat. love, loss, self-destruction, self-discovery

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

I believe that management should focus on two particular areas. One is Gemba (shop floor) and the other is customer (not the shareholder).

I have terrible memory and really bad teeth as a result.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self?