A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.

The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and a often even triumphs over the natural disfavor.

I am my own heaven and hell!

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.