A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?
No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.
Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.