Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

Truth comes out in wine.

In wine, there’s truth.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Non c’è nessun libro così cattivo che non abbia in sé qualcosa di buono.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

It is best not to be born or to die as soon as possible.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.