None is poor but the mean in mind, the timorous, the weak, and unbelieving; none is wealthy but the affluent in soul, who is satisfied and floweth over.

The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.

Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.

A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.