Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

Trust in God gives self-power.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But they are things that, well, you just have to see and feel. p.147

If a friend to me is friend to all then a friend to all is not a friend to me.

I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart.

Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894.

Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.

Culture arises and unfolds in and as play... culture itself bears the character of play.

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

How delicious is the winning Of a kiss at Love's beginning, When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying!