What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal read more

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day

Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt read more

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved read more

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.