What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

If I knew he loved me for my wealth, I would have told him I was richer.

I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love!

Each man kills the thing he loves.

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

We are more anxious to speak than to be heard.

Ants in the house seem to be, not intruders, but the owners.

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives.

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.