The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

-- Zeno of Citium

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

-- Britain's greatest naval hero

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

弱虫は、幸福をさえおそれるものです。綿で怪我をするんです。

-- Osamu Dazai

There is no medicine that cures what happiness cannot.

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The greatness of human beings lies in our ability to change ourselves through our own will.

-- Ryotaro Shiba