Charm is a product of the unexpected.
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.
Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.
Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.
Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.