What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Details create the big picture.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

Well begun is half done.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.