The things that have been and shall be no more, The things that are, and that hereafter shall be, The things that might have been, and yet were not, The fading twilight of joys departed.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Intuition is the silent knowledge of your soul.

Family is more than blood

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of traveling.

I was never without a book in my hand.

People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.

It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or disregard.

You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.

When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come not first in at their casements.

The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.