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

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

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.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?