Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Authority could derive from passion, not pieces of paper.

Everybody’s gotta have somebody to step on. Makes ’em feel important.

The greatest blessing is the gift of life.

I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field.

When you know yourself, your 'I'ness vanishes and you know that you and Allah are one and the same.

Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.

I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.

Human beings have enormous resilience.

It was a pleasure, Enna, Finn, tree rat." "Did she just call you tree rat?

Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man's life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death. What it gives up it takes back.