"Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others."

"There are more bad musicians than there is bad music."

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the stangest of places if you look at it right."

"Our children seem to have wonderful taste, or none - depending, of course, on whether or not they agree with us."

"Happiness cannot be found--it must be created anew everyday."

"Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."

"That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will love in the same way after us."

"If we could not forget, we would never be free from grief."

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."

"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"If the shoe fits, it's too expensive."