It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. – Aesop

The crow in his purity I believe is seen and heard only in the North. Before you reach the Potomac there is an infusion of a weaker element, the fish-crow, whose helpless feminine call contrasts strongly with the hearty masculine caw of the original Simon. – John Burroughs, “Winter Sunshine”

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe