The way of God is complex, he is hard for us to predict. He moves the pieces and they come somehow into a kind of order.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

The source of motivation should be in the vision, not position.

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.

Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day, the sleepier you will feel at bedtime.

I abandon myself to the fever of dreams, in search for new laws.

The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008.

I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.

But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That's why they all look so sad.

Perhaps they needn't even believe - it was enough that they needed angels, and the angels would return gladly.

We need more citizens that are committed and courageous.