Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?

Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.