Nothing is worth more than this day.

My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

The aim of living is life itself.

if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.