Every beginning is cheerful.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

The man of understanding finds everything laughable.

If we meet someone who owes us a debt of gratitude, we remember the fact at once. How often we can meet someone to whom we owe a debt of gratitude without thinking about it at all!

Plants and flowers of the commonest kind can form a pleasing diary, because nothing which calls back to us the remembrance of a happy moment can be insignificant.