Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

A precedent embalms a principle.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

You don't want to lose your old friend - the misery - You have invested too much into false - Hence the fear to be exposed -to be true - to be naked as you are.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.