The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.

When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For as there are misanthropists, or haters of men, there are also misologists, or haters of ideas, and both spring from the same cause, which is ignorance of the world.

Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.