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.
Out of Africa, there is always something new.
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
It is best not to be born or to die as soon as possible.
Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and o...
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.
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.
From the end spring new beginnings.
In vino Veritas. (In wine there is truth.)
Truth comes out in wine.
The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
Home is where the heart is.
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.
The only certainty is that nothing is certain.