Remember, slow and steady wins the race.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend, and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise.

There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient.

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

Little Bird if you do not sing for me, I will wait for you

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

Give the peasants neither life nor death.

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

Patience is the key to any battle.

Sometimes I look in the mirror and think I'm really good looking. Then other times I think my body's all wrong.

There are words which close a conversation as with an iron door.

I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.

“Lovelace” was really great. I got to work with the wonderful Amanda Seyfried, Hank Azaria and Peter Sarsgaard, so it can’t get no better than that, right?

The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.

A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.

The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.