War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

Life is a circus: you go in, bow, run around, bow again and leave.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting things he has got.

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

Nobody is born a winner, but anyone can develop the way of thought that guides you to the right direction.

Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.

Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence.

Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?

Thine eyes I love, and they as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black, and loving mourners be, Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.