Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches the former to live, and it strengthens the hopes of the latter in salvation in the midst of distress. Death is new life to both.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Where confidence is wanting, the most beautiful flower in the garland of love is missing.