If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.

Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.

We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.

Take what you want, and pay for it.

I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.