Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.

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.

Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it but it takes brains to build a house.

What is my business in this? Oh yea, it is my business. It is not just my business, it is my calling.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.

Love will not always linger longest with those who hold it in too clenched a fist.

I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now.

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.

My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, "good" can only mean what's good for both communities.

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.