The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has.

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they're ratified into law.

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.

When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.

Many people are yet to understand that admitting to their mistakes isn't a sign of weakness, but an act of wisdom.

So highly revered was commingle, that the Jews called him "the beauty of the Law".

Fall in love for as long as you can with the one who sees you when you are invisible.

The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between degrees of perfection.

We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the way to death, sorrow-sorrow in manifold shapes.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs; The world uncertain comes and goes, The lover rooted stays.

Start before you’re ready.