[T]o scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God (I-II,19,5).
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
Self-care is how you take your power back.
It is always healthy to be honest.
Sometimes it's hard to look at a flower, when your dying inside.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces...
Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.