To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on. – Dave Pelzer
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. – Winston Churchill
To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? – Christopher Hampton