No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine

The aim of living is life itself.

As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.