“There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.”

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

A man that runs away may fight again.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Art is man’s refuge from adversity.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

The workman still is greater than his work.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.

There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.

Everything is possible at any one competition.

Life is about strategy not tragedy. Make the best one.

One must always try to be as radical as reality itself.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing.

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But I’m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role. I love being with people.

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.

Words are one thing – deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.