He who would search for pearls must dive below.
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
Love is not in our choice but in our fate.