"We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have."

"Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow."

"Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed."

"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health."

"Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one."

"Perfect is the enemy of good."