Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

A person who spends more than he earns is a fool

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

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

Desire is the very essence of man.

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.