Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!
That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.