everything changes, nothing perishes

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.

No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.

But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

NO SURROGATE CAN BIRTHYOUR GREATNESSSO LET THEM STEAL TIME WILL REVEAL

I'm from Indiana the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

I just love kids. I always have.

The doctrine that man is infinitely tough and resourceful and not easily cheated of his freedom to sin.

Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.

When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.