“Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.”

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.