“There is a limit for everything. You can't just load tons and tons of peacock feathers in a cart considering it's light weight. If you do, it will damage the axle of the cart.”

“Reasoning with a drunkard is likeGoing under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”

“A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth”

“The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.”

“To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.”

“People of noble character are afraid of keeping friendship with dishonorable people. But people of discreditable character consider friendship with the dishonorable as a blood relationship.”

“It was a family joke that Lydia's domestic tendencies were somehow misplaced when she was created.”

“She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state”

“We women are weak," replied Bimala. "So I suppose we must join in the conspiracy of the weak.""Women weak!" I exclaimed with a laugh. "Men belaud you as delicate and fragile, so as to delude you in...”

“If you have to do the work, do it well, with all your heart.”

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all...”

“Trademark yourself with the mark of excellence.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”