Bear patiently with a rival.

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.

I have been sometimes way too attracted by my own villains because in a way they seem to hold the secret to the heart of the narrative.

Old friends are the great blessing of one's later years. ... They have a memory of the same events and have the same mode of thinking.

Love, wonder, joy & awareness are the gifts of innocence.

That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come.

Crack is ruining the drug culture.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Pity goes hand in hand with contempt. Don't ever forget that, Liberty. You can't take handouts or help from anyone, because that gives people the right to look down on you.

The main aim is to up my game at every possible turn without compromise.

Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion.

In them was not the savage blankness of the reptile species. Instead there was something far worse - burning, unquenchable rage mixed with the self-mocking irony of great intelligence.