God makes and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Time spent adding value is not wasted

My books are my brain and my heart made visible.

Some only learn the value of time when it’s too late!

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

Every spoken word double-crosses us. The written word is the only tolerable form of communication, as it isn't a stone in a bridge between souls but a ray of light between stars.

Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women.

It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.

How are we justly to determine in a world where there are no innocent ones to judge the guilty?