"Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but..." - Quote by Honore De Balzac

“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.”

“A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.”

“The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.”

“The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you.”

“"I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you," said Mr. Mell, glancing round the room, and again patting me gently on the shoulders. "James Steerforth, the best wish I can leave you is that you may come to be ashamed of what you have done today. At present I would prefer to see you anything rather than a friend, to me, or to anyone in whom I feel an interest."”

“Live your life like you're 80 looking back on your teenager years. You know if your dad calls you at eight in the morning and asks if you want to go out for breakfast. As a teenager you're like no, I want to sleep. But as an eighty year old looking back you have that breakfast with your dad. It just little things like that, that helped me when I was a teenager in terms of making choices you won't regret.”

“It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.”

“The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.”

“I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!”