Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.

You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.