Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious.

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.

Let thy words be few. I agree, but only if my ink can relentlessly run.

In the darkness, fear my light.

Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind.

One way or another we all work for our vice.

Sometimes the most evolved souls take the most challenging paths

Death persecutes before it executes.

There are not that many new media brands you can say that about nowadays.

We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.

Our very worst days are never beyond the reach of God's grace.

This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.