“The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.”

Freedom is participation in power.

It is a great thing to know your vices.

For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Books: our unfailing companions.

To be rather than to seem.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.

To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.

Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.

Nothing will ever be the same.

I have feared change for so long, but the horizon changes all the time and there is still so much beauty under different skies.

follow the map of your soul even amidst all changes.

I’m not sure how love changes, how I can be head over heels one moment and not stand you next.

Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.

I’ve made a lot of sacrifices in pursuit of my dreams and even though I gave up a lot, I wouldn’t change a thing.

Goodbyes are necessary, my child. They change us, because they’re meant to.