The less we love a woman, the more easily we please her.

Habit is given to us from above: it is a substitute for happiness.

My strength uproots mountains, my spirit overshadows the world.

-- The 'Hegemon-King of Western Chu' whose raw military genius made him the most feared commander of ancient China's civil wars

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

-- Kahlil Gibran

Work is love made visible.

-- Kahlil Gibran

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

-- William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- William Shakespeare

Teach a departing man the name of one flower. Flowers bloom faithfully every year.

-- Yasunari Kawabata