The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!

What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.

With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.

Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.