Consider the Lillies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
Bible: St Matthew
She walks in beauty, like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright, Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
Lord Byron, “She Walks in Beauty”
Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My Mother.
Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, “My Mother”
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
Jerome K Jerome, “Three Men in a Boat”
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
Rabelais
A merry heart taketh a cheerful countenance.
Bible: Proverbs
Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.
