If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his wealth, after a little thought he will realize that the delight that came from wealth will be restored by finding more. Thus he forgets his loss and is consoled. But if a man's heart is deprived of peace, where will he find it again, how will he replace it?

If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life’s procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.

Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.

Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive.