Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

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.

Houses are cellular walls

Well, when you were nearly run over by the cyclist-and i was holding you and you were looking up at me - all 'kiss me, kiss me, Christian

Taking the safe road is good, but sometimes, you may miss what could be better. I’d rather love hard and get hurt then not really love at all.

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.

Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

I like to feel blonde all over.

But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving.

When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring to the fore the wealth that we have deep within us.