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.

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.

Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.

All of us have life; few of us have an idea of it.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.