Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!

-A. M. Toplady, Rock of Ages

Persistence

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth
more than twice their weight of cleverness.

-Thomas Henry Huxley, Collected Essays

Sculpture

All art is but imitation of nature.
(Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.)

-Seneca, Epistle to Lucilius

Messenger

I have been a stranger in a strange land.

-Hebrew Bible, Exodus 2:22