"Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left."

"I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion."

"The awareness of our own strength makes us modest."

"I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature."

"Wisdom principle 46 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 20."

"Wisdom principle 77 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 72."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited."