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

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.

Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.

Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

What is fear of need but need itself?

He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.