God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.
What we look for does not come to pass; God finds a way for what none foresaw.
Noble fathers have noble children.
Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt by unjust deeds, But with rapt admiration contemplates Immortal Nature's ageless harmony, And how and when the order came to be.
Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.