The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.

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.

You have the power to make your dreams come true so reach for them and don't accept anything less.

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.

Complaining doesn't change people... All that complain, this is terrible... It's not so terrible.

Being a mother has made my life complete.

Life had not taught me to distrust ministers, but it had taught me to trust no one more than dogs.

Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.

Thinking about the heartbreaking number of young children around the world who think they are unwanted and are uncared for can easily keep you awake at night.

Happiness is seasonal, like anything else