One never sees Paris for the first time; one always sees it again.

Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus.

Wine adds a smile to friendship and a spark to love.

A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her hearts inspiration.

What is working stain, does not soil.

It is not the dream of what you're feeling laziness, if not, the sleep of exhaustion.

The school is a mother

The disastrous consequences of widespread European butchery in the future would be even worse.

Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me.

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

You mean, like a book?

Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna Saint Vincent Millay.

Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.

When you do your best, there is no impossibility.

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

It is 60 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations, but relations between Japan and Russia have much deeper roots. In all, our diplomatic ties date back 150 years, more than 150 years now.