"Don't be surprised if those outside are always talking against you and making jokes about you."

"To say that 'I will do it tomorrow' is to say that 'I will not do it at all.'"

"If you want to be a man of leisure, do not be a man of business. For if you are a man of business, you must be a man of trouble."

"If you want to be a writer, write."

"What would you rather have? A beautiful garden, or a good one? A beautiful garden is one that is good; a good garden is not necessarily beautiful."