In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

Stratagem is the right hand of cunning.

Love an enemy with unconditional trust.Reveal his treasure to him without any thrust.

The act of underlining always contains an element of self-recognition.

I think we understand each other a little better, and that's never a bad thing.

When you're hounded by the shame of the past, you can turn into a pretty miserable person who is always trying to measure up and please others.

Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical.

Everybody thinks their opinion is the right one. If they didn't, they would get a new one.

All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.

It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward.

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it.

People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.