The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. -James Oliver 'Tomorrow I will live,' the fool does say; tomorrow itself is late; the wise live yesterday.

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

If pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.

Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.