A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.

He who moves not forward, goes backward.

Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.