There is nothing assured to mortals.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

The weather was clear and still, and the countless stars opened above them, seeming like brilliant cold fruits that Maerad could simply pick out of the sky.

The art of losing isn't hard to master. I, ve done it

You're just too poor to get rich.

I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You've got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.

A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together.

As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.

You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.