I decided that if I were to write a teen series I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends.
Evil gains work their punishment.
Silence is an ornament for women.
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom you would not please him more...
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
War never takes a wicked man by chance the good man always.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news and to conceal the truth.
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
Hide nothing for time which sees all and hears all exposes all.
There is no success without hardship.
Success is dependent on effort.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our...
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
Who seeks shall find.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain and for all mortals all...
Profit is sweet even if it comes from deception.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their...
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities...
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
When a man has lost all happiness he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
