One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.

To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media expands, this has become ever more vital. Thus, demeanor if unappealing, can defeat one's likelihood of success, causing the death of prospects whilst they are still embryonic.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by it and made fit for God.

Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922 A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayers.

Man hath weaved out a net, and this net throwne upon the Heavens, and now they are his own.