Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.

With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.

No rose without a thorn.

He who can lick can bite.

The price spoils the pleasure.

Everything passes everything wears out everything breaks.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.

It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.

motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

It is really hurting

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Commitment is an act, not a word.

How odd that girl's life looks Behind this soft eclipse! I think that earth seems so To those in heaven now. This being comfort, then That other kind was pain; But why compare? I'm wife! stop there!

I'm sure she wants revenge. I'll just try not to let that happen.

Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame, and are not writers.

I would advise people occasionally to take the media on, but only when you know it's a manufactured product and not a news interview.

We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.

I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an inefficient way to write a book, though I found it exciting.