I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera - the Panther - and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan.

Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.

The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping.