Rest, Sir J. Lubbock

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.

- Sir J. Lubbock [The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation]

Friend, Book of Proverbs

A friend is a friend at all times, and a brother is born for the time of adversity.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 17

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Beauty, Western Proverb

Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume.

- Western Proverb

Cat, Ryan Wolfe

Natalia: What does a girl usually do before a date?
Ryan: Make me wait in the living room with her cat?

- CSI: Miami, Power Trip (7.09)

Friend, Chinese Proverb

衣莫若新 人莫若故

- 中國俗談

Friendship is like wine - the older, the better.

- Chinese Proverb

Money, Roger Alcon

We have what we need. To me, the fresh air and the land, and water. It's better than money.

- Roger Alcon (2013.05.28)

Happiness, Aristotle

One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.

- Aristotle (384BC-322BC)