The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune; His jewels are his good children.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Live a fuller life.

Stories, ' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

Holy gods. He'd frozen the whole damn lake. He was THAT powerful?

I think the first photograph I did was a ballplayer. It was a way of showing action or something.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Laughter and happiness is what life should be about, that’s your remedy for everything.

Whatever you want to teach, be brief.

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather forecast are about the only things spared.

My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and founded on a rock.

Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that carries you at the end.