Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?
Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
There is no genius free from some tincture of madness