A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It., Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese.]

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.

The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.

Each day a day goes by.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. [It., Il sangue nobile e un accidente della fortuna; le azioni nobili caratterizzano il grande.]

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

He who talks much cannot talk well.

I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.

You ought to mediate on the Scriptures daily.

The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.

My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all.

He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again.

Obedience is the key that opens every door.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

Form 1040 was chosen by the IRS because for every $50 you earn, you get 10 and they get 40.

Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.

Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that.