So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.