“Men love newfangleness.”

Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.

If gold rusts, what then can iron do?

Many small make a great.

People can die of mere imagination.

In the stars is written the death of every man.

And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.

We little know the things for which we pray.

For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.

Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.

In love there is but little rest.

And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.

Full wise is he that can himself know.

Death is the end of every worldly pain.

Mercy surpasses justice.

All good things must come to an end.

That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.

Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice… Or backyard love?

He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.

The human heart is always drawn by love.

It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.

Love does not stay idle.

The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

I so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.