Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give - which is everything

Each bird loves to hear himself sing.

There is no beauty but the beauty of action.

One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.

Old friends are the great blessing of one's latter years—half a word conveys one's meaning. They have memory of the same events, and have the same mode of thinking.