A good beginning makes a good end.
To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.
A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.
The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the heart of a woman?
If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.
When you go to a country, you must learn how to say two things: how to ask for food, and to tell a woman that you love her. Of these the second is more important, for if you tell a woman you love her, she will certainly feed you.