To generous souls every task is noble.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

She was a tragic beauty. Sadness had left its fingerprints all over her face.

Only the dreamer can envision and execute their dream

Kindness wields a sword of light against the darkness.

God reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists.

The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.

We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets.

You get up and you preach a sermon and people walk away thinking what a great guy - and that's a failure as a pastor. Our job is to proclaim Christ.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

With eternity to draw on there could be no reason for hurrying - 'hurry' was not a concept in Martian.

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.