~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

Whether the events in our life are good or bad, greatly depends on the way we perceive them.

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?

Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.

I do not teach. I relate.

Other people do not see you at all, but guess at you by uncertain conjectures.