“What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?”

“Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.”

“Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.”

“Of two evils choose the prettier.”

“We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live.”

“Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself”

“There is too much emphasis on being positive, to the detriment of being real.”

“Believe that fate is smiling to you and everything you touch will turn into gold”

“Self-fulfilling prophecy always come to pass”