…all things created have an order in themselves, and this begets the form that lets the universe resemble God.

No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.

Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.

...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

Open your mind to what I shall disclose, and hold it fast within you; he who hears, but does not hold what he has heard, learns nothing. Beatrice - Canto V 40-42

Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom.

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.