Hay cuatro cosas viejas que son buenas: viejos amigos, para conversar; leña vieja, para calentarse; viejos vinos, para beber; y viejos libros para leer.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.

I say to myself: “Who are you to measure infinite power?

More than half of my life is past; I have left only the time I need for turning the rest of it to account and for effacing my errors by my virtues.