Conquer, but don't triumph.
To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.
To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.