Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become.

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.