To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.

You are a principal work, a fragment of [Goddess herself], you have in yourself a part of [her]. Why then are you ignorant of your high birth?

It is better to advise than upbraid, for the one corrects the erring; the other only convicts them.

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.