Words have a longer life than deeds.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

Water is the best of all things.

Learn what you are and be such.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

Love is divinity within us.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser―in case you thought optimism was dead.

Victory honours the brave.

Every fact is a myth until proven to be otherwise.

Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you.

Sometimes a person has to be dead a while before people can appreciate what they did when they were alive.

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

Love is the chariot of emotion which takes us to our beloved. When we love we see beyond the prism of illusion.

Everything in life is arbitrary yet must be over-determined in literature. Jean McGarry knows how to tell a persuasive tale illuminating these truths.

Fall if you will, but rise you must.