And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

When people see me struggling on paper, I think it invites an almost collaborative relationship with the outside world, and that includes readers and other artists.

Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat.

When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

The story sometimes writes you into a corner.

Women alone always order sole. It means something.

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

Death people who are still alive at this hour, must resurrect and ascend to the intellectual heaven where there is no ignorance.

I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.

The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of Japan. We should find a compromise.