A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.