"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"Bravery is born the moment you decide your values outweigh your comforts. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Inflation is taxation without legislation."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."

"It is a profound truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."