A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
Faith is necessary to victory.
Horus non numero nisi serenas (I count only the sunny hours).
Literature, like nobility, runs in the blood.
The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.