There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.