
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
If you dance with a snake, you're gonna get bitten.
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.
You cannot make a snake out of a rope by tying a knot in it.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you can sure teach a snake a lesson.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
The snake will always bite back.
It's easy to be brave from a safe distance.

When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.
The best revenge is massive success.