Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.

It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be.

A man may be outlawed for the sake of a fish net he has never seen.

The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world.

Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

More die in flight than in battle.

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.