Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

It takes bravery to recognize where in your life you are your own poison... it takes courage to do something about it.

I don't mind telling a dark side.

The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.

Vogue is not a practical magazine, it provides sensations, feeling, moods, you like the photos.

Writing makes me happy.

To turn ordinary clothes into gardening clothes, simply mix with compost.

It's interesting to see how people bring different things to them. I think it comes down to the universal appeal of the Holmes-Watson that they can keep being discovered in different ways.

Sometimes we do that to ourselves -- we pit our desires against one another. We insist unnecessarily on seeing one aspect of our personality as being at odds with the rest of ourselves.

Sin makes you stupid.

People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold.