“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.”

“Happiness is the ability to recognize it.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”