The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place will see everything as dark.

The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

O Time with your teethy years! You swallow up all things little by little in a slow-motion, wrinkling process of dying.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

The greater the man's soul, the deeper he loves.

Being willing is not enough. We must do.