If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

Words are the voice of the heart.

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments