Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.

Being willing is not enough. We must do.