...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.
These have not the hope to die.
Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?
If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious heaven.
The secret of getting things done is to act!
Love, that exempts no one beloved from loving, seized me with pleasure of this man so strongly, that, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me.