Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base.
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.
Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.
Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.
What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art