Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?

The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.

If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.