True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

There can be no happiness without good health

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.