Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice.

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.].

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach..

Good wares make good markets..

Nature is always hinting at us..

Only the bold get to the top..

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicit….

We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead..

I'm actually more confident when I'm tan..

I have to chose my words carefully..

Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities..

The more things you own, the more they own you..

Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity..

Adversity is the mint in which God stamps upon man his image and superscription..

I'm not a queen of anything, you know..

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends..

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life..

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..

I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing..

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be..

Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives..