In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

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.

All dark and comfortless.

Honestly, I just try to drink lots of water and get a decent amount of sleep!

I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.

Elegance is not being noticed, it's about being remembered.

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.

The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

We are all trying to get the exact style of ouuselves.

I feel the popular music of a certain time really tells you a lot about what life was like in that period.