Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?