If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Memory is not wisdom idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.