To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

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.

Hardships refine a man to what he ought to be.

Anyone who tries to put fear in a heart, has lost their heart to fear.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.

When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

The moment you fear, you are nobody.