Those dreams are true which we have in the morning, as the lamp begins to flicker. [Lat., Namque sub Aurora jam dormitante lucerna Sommia quo cerni tempore vera solent.]

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.

Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng but in ourselves are triumph and defeat.

If you're from Africa, why are you white?

I meet people from different walks of life that I can have relationships with.

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.

Doing the right thing has power.

When I get to my deathbed, I don't want to take my last breath and say, Well, how glorious. I've left the world my acting credits. I won't even think that.

Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly.

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

We came into the world like brother and brother, And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.