For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.

Pure truth is for God alone.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy creature?

The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.

With a clear sky, a bright sun, and a gentle breeze, you will have friends in plenty; but let fortune frown, and the firmament be overcast, and then your friends will prove like the strings of the lute, of which you will tighten ten before you find one that will bear the stretch and keep the pitch.