To oblige people often costs little and helps much.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night!

They might not like your uniqueness, but as long as you are happy with your inner-self, you should never dare to change your life to please them.

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.

As far as it is your opinion it is not wrong, what matters is that it is your opinion.

The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie.

A life without change is not a life; it is a stagnant pool.

We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.

I was looking for acceptance, love, and that's why I became present in everything I did.

Water is the best of all things.