It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.

Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey; golden, too, the music, Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees.

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.