Only make yourself honey and the flies will suck you.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Be happy — be in the attitude of ever being helpful to others. This will bring that peace within that is the promise from Him.

Make it thy business to know thyself$$$ which is the most difficult lesson in the world.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

And if you can't shape your life the way you want$$$ at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The truth is$$$ it is enough to live in this country. Just to live. Work isn't necessary for the salvation of the soul.

Where the pen was fitted to the matter as the plough is to the furrow.

Her interest in these people was more than a business interest. She carried them all in her mind as if they were characters in a book or a play.