If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

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.

Even the strongest hearts can be fragile. It takes only seconds to hurt someone. But sometimes it takes years to repair the damage. Cherish the hearts that love you.

A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn.

. . . I suppose one starts out, as a child, being romantic and dreaming of adventure. Poetic. Then reality comes along, and with it, a whole lot of prose.

People who are easily embarrassed – those who blush too often and too soon – usually end up retreating from excellence.

And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.

I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.

My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.