if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.

I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.

What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

What one has wished for in youth, in old age one has in abundance.

What is not fully understood is not possessed.