Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues.
We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.
There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.
It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.
Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive.
You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don’t blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.
Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.
Every second is of infinite value.
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and the we’ll need no other light.
He who cannot love must learn to flatter.
Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.
Live dangerously and you live right.