It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

Come with us to the field, or go with our brothers to the sea and cast your net. For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to us.

Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart.