“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”

“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

“The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.”

“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose between giving up and staying strong, when situations will try to predict your fate, when friends will depart from you and your echo will be ...”

“Contrary to what we usually believe, moments like these, the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing timesalthough such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have wor...”

“Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.”

“Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day.”

“Problems, obstacles and difficulties are in themselves not a sufficient reason for a person to suffer defeat. It is possible to overcome any obstacle”