"It is a humble truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath."

"Nature is not human hearted."