Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself. . . . . . No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin

What Donald Trump is going to bring to the table. He's going to bring straight, honest conversation and bring up topics that, while they may be sensitive, they have to be said.

Optical units close to each other on a picture plane tend to be seen together and, consequently, one can stabilize them in coherent figures.

Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.

Cancer is cancer. I've got a great life if I can just stay alive.

It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

Close thy Byron ; open thy Goethe .