Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality.
Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Oh life, you should never had begun, but since you did, you should never end
Begin with another's to end with your own.