There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

the rent here may be low but i believe we have it on very hard terms --sense & sensibility

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

I don't know what exactly the translation is but when we do consume something now, something else has to give at some point.

We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our great deed of escape from Mama with every other woman in our life?

The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners

There is no such thing as a true account of anything.

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman.

I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.

Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.