Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Dripping water hollows out a stone