Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.
Love is the gentle smile upon the lips of beauty.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.
The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.