Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

If you want to be happy, be.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

-- Frederick II of Prussia

All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

-- Alexandre Dumas

I may lose a battle, but I shall never lose a minute.

-- Napoleon

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

-- Charles Dickens

There will always be time to imagine a different ending.

-- Gabriel García Márquez

An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.

-- Genghis Khan