“As long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen.”

“A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.”

“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”

“Luck is infatuated with the efficient.”

“If fortune turns against you even jelly breaks your tooth.”

“Children are the bridge to heaven.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”