Fair and softly goes far.

Miguel de Cervantes

There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine — "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like paté."

Margaret Atwood

Relájate; el mundo no te está mirando tan de cerca. Está demasiado ocupado contemplándose en el espejo.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom.

Greek proverb

Never curse a fall. The ground is where humility lives.

Yasmin Mogahed

Worthless people blame their karma.

Burmese Proverb