Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.