It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.

Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem.

Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.

The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.