Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Where do men find it in themselves to do such monstrous things?

So the world was nuts and he'd suddenly discovered a kink for geeks. There were worse things.

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.

Brothers are so unpleasant.

As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.

Selling is a person-to-person business. You cannot send the sales manual out to make the sale. Sales manuals have no legs and no voice.

Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity.

If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will get involved too.

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.