“Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg”

“The busy bee has no time for sorrow”

“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind”

“Active evil is better than passive good”

“If you have it (love), you don't need to have anything else. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.”

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”