The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.
'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.