So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men.

There is no excellence in archery without great labour.

But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.

When Spring is old, and dewy windsBlow from the south, with odors sweet,I see my love, in shadowy groves,Speed down dark aisles on shining feet.

To have a solid foundation of skepticism, -that is to say, the faculty of changing at any moment, of turning back, of facing successively the metamorphoses of life.

Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.

The passionate ones, the ones who go after what they want, may not get what they want, but they remain vital, in touch with themselves, and when they lie on their deathbeds, they have few regrets.

He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.

My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.

That old man...had my division massacred at Gettysburg!

I only know one thing: Everything I learned about the banking business, I learned in the banking towers of the Societe.

The mountain violets break the rocks.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that is a rectangle with an object in the middle of it, which they can identify.