When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

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.

It is not good to make everyday decision based upon what we see and what other people are saying or thinking

Do great things, Laure, be happy, or at least do your best to be. Life is fragile

Doubt undermines the truth your heart senses."..."Search your heart, " she whispered. "The answers are there, waiting. You have to be brave enough to see them.

I'd gone so far past my fear threshold, I'd completely given up on being afraid

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I don't think the Church has ever contributed anything to anybody, anyplace, at any time.

People who are complaining about the Fed are people who've been predicting runaway inflation for five and six years, and it hasn't happened.

With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he says, "What we do now may have consequences far into the future that we will never see."

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.