“Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it.”

“What avails it that another loves you, if he does not understand you? Such love is a curse.”

“I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”

“As long as I have the friendship of the sesasons life will never be a burden to me.”

“As for Doing-good...I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.”

“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed hasbeen, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seedthere, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”

“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”