The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

Gifts are hooks.

A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.

While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.

Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.

Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

Brain-washing starts in the cradle.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.

I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Island of bliss! amid the subject Seas, That thunder round thy rocky coasts, set up, At once the wonder, terror, and delight Of distant nations; whose remotest shore Can soon be shaken by thy naval arm; Not to be shook thyself, but all assaults Baffling, like thy hoar cliffs the loud sea-wave.

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.