They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us.

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.

Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.

Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

What men in all the world have shown such daring?

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.

Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.

I guess when you'd lived as long, and pondered as much, as Old Tom had...a game of hopscotch could be more profound than village politics or gossip.

The measurement of human ability is in an infant state. Was it a requirement for the Wright Brothers to hold PhD’s before they could invent and take flight?

Whenas in silks my Julia goes Then then methinks how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes!

I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.

The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person Ive worked with has helped me.

Whatever direction your life takes, your underlying themes remain. Discover and explore your themes to open the way for rich creative development.