“Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?”

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.

A man of faith is also full of courage.

The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Dogs wait for us faithfully.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Oversharing might ruin your joys.

Greed and expectations for happiness give birth to sorrow, it ruins the real pleasure of joy.

It’s the small things that fill our life with joy everyday.

Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.