"Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women."

"All a good letter has to do is make you feel special."

"I'm not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him."

"Storms make trees take deeper roots."

"Never let a stain from the past put a mark on your future."

"You can overcome any obstacles by asking the right questions of the right people at the right time, then act on that advice with passion."

"I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life."

"To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else."

"And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill."

"Evil and good are God's right hand and left."

"Be true to your work, your word, and your friend."

"No great deed, private or public, had ever been undertaken in a bliss of certainty."