“What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.”

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

First appearance deceives many.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

Habits change into character.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Regardless of your age or current physical condition you’ll laugh, cry, moan, groan, sweat and experience the most exciting, hard working and effective therapeutic yoga routine in the world.

Being thick isn’t an affliction if you’re a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he’s brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

I’m not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don’t give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.

It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

How’s the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we’re overpaid crybabies.

No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.

I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.