Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to.
Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
To be a leader, take action and be an example. To be an adviser, be wise.
There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out.
I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.... What are the words you do not yet have? What are...
A house is never small or empty, when filled with love.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.