A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

Heaven is for those who think of it.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!