“‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.”

“‎"..one can predict the future with some degree of accuracy based on one's own knowledge of past events. And rare events do occur, but it is their lack of repetition that makes them rare.”

“‎"..love is as complex an emotion as exists. There are many reasons why love does not prosper... the waters are perilous, and you would do well to know that, because unlike your novels, not every story has a happy ending.”

“Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those principles.”

“‎Women fancy admiration means more than it does.”

“‎I cannot alter the past, but the future is very much in my hands.”

“‎Does anyone truly understand females? ...Their behavior is opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic.”