Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

I am not born from a single place. My country is the whole world.

Nothing is ours except time.