The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.