He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.

Everything may happen.

To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-

Virtue depends partly upon training and partly upon practice; you must learn first, and then strengthen your learning by actions.