In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.

Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

Your house is your larger body.