When you conquer something, it means you fought for it.
If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck.
Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose.
More than anything in this world, I wish I had been born rich. It would have made up for everything. I'd still be ugly, sure, but I'd be rich and ugly. I'd still be weak and dim and tongue-tied with women, but I'd be rich enough for them not to care. I'd no longer be a social misfit, I'd be eccentric. And most of all, I'd no longer be what I was, I'd be something different.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
When heart is open, you will change just like a flower slowly opening.
I never thought much about flowers until I made the close acquaintance of a man who knew all about them. You would have thought that the butterflies and flowers were friends of his. See how richly they are clad, he said. Even King Solomon did not have such raiment.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.