The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.

Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.

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

The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.