You’ve always had the power, my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself. ~ L. Frank Baum (The Wizard Of Oz)
Salt Was Worth Its Weight In Gold
During Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and often used as currency. Soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary”.
The Golden Moments
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ~ George Eliot
My Thirst For Books
I am unable to satisfy my thirst for books. Gold, silver, precious stones, beautiful clothing, marbled homes, cultivated fields, painted canvases, decorated horses and other similar things, possess silent and…
A Book And A Shady Nook
Oh for a book and a shady nook, either indoors or out, with the green leaves whispering overhead, or the street cries all about, where I may read at all my ease, both of the new and old, for a jolly good book, whereon to look, is better to me than gold. ~ John Wilson