“A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.”

“An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.”

“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.”

“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”

“Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.”

“Life is short. We don't have much time to gladden the hearts of those who walk this way with us. So, be swift to love and make haste to be kind.”

“Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.”