"There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath."

"A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities."

"Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister."

"It is a enduring truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Patience is a virtue because a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"A steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer."

"Patience is a virtue because the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."