The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

Accursed be he who plays with the devil.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Most gladly would I give the blood-stained laurel for the first violet which March brings us, the fragrant pledge of the new-fledged year.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.