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.
Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.
The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.
As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.
Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.