We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Comparisons are odious.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Great people create great acts of kindness.

There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.