To possess taste, one must have some soul.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love. Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.
Wit does not take the place of knowledge.