A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

The comforter's head never aches.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Money is what things run into and people run out of