The first bond of society is marriage.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities. 


A true friend is a sort of second self.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

Time is the herald of truth.

All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature.

The freedom of poetic license.