Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.