When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

Don’t take away my dignity While patching up my broken dreams

Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same.

The young never expected to die.

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off.

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.

While woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and killing.

Virtue is too often merely local.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.