It is more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle.

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

...crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.

I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice

Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate.

The most learned, acute, and diligent student cannot, in the longest life, obtain an entire knowledge of this one volume.