Love is a kind of military service

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

It is ill to marry in the month of May.

The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.