you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remain hovering over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves. I am one of those who remembers those places regardless of distance or time.

He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.

Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.