... we are each shaped from our birth, not only by the blood and inheritance that lies behind us, but also by those we love and by whom we are loved in turn, by the knowledge given to our thirsty minds, to the learning of ourselves.

Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.

There is no cure for narrowness of mind.

A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.

There is no weapon in the end as difficult to overcome as the tongue of an enemy.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.