Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.

I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as will keep me friendly with myself.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.