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

There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.

What is so certain of victory as patience?

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

For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.

There is so little that one can do for the dead!

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