Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?

There are but few who have ideas and are, at the same time, capable of action. Ideas enlarge but stymie, action enlivens but confines.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow.