It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.

When you have set yourself a task finish it.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over all.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom.