Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.

The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret.