Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

We are not men, but promises of men.

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.