Oh blind cupidity, O wrath insane, That spurs us onward so on our short life, And in the eternal then so badly steeps us!
One should only be afraid of those things Which have the power of doing others harm; For the rest, fear not; because they are not fearful.
Nature is the art of God.
The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into cofusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.
The secret of getting things done is to act!
Lying in a featherbed will bring you no fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on Earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
Consider that this day ne’er dawns again.
Mankind is at its best when it is most free.
This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.
If you give people light, they will find their own way.
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.
The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone.
He who awaits the call, but sees the need, Already sets his spirit to refuse it.
Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
Love insists the loved loves back.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.