Francesco Petrarch

"Those whom we remember are with us."

"Virtues are formed by prayer."

"He that will write well hereafter must begin now."

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

"I wish to be remembered for my deeds, not my words."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"Life is a very serious matter."

"The first stage in the fountain of learning is the desire to know."

"Avoid sluggishness but do not allow too much bustle in your life."

"Virtues are the means by which the soul becomes a friend to God."

"A single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer."

"I go always upward."

"Worldly fame is but a blast of wind."

"Without the aid of divine light, I cannot see anything aright as I ought."

"Knowledge becomes truly important when we understand how to live."

"The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure."

"What a great thing it is to have the power of speech, but how small a thing to have not the power to hold one's tongue."

"To have a quiet mind is to possess the greatest blessing."

"Music alone with sudden stroke can heal the rents made by vices in our souls."

"Beautiful is the season of love, the season of sweetness."

"From time immemorial, a certain man is born who is the noblest work of God."

"No one can live happily who looks only to himself."

"Great men are not born great, they grow great."

"The more he speaks, the more he will reveal his ignorance."

"Humble and obedient is the way to all things."

"Time grows shorter but the work grows longer."

"A king is he who has the back of his people."

"The penalty for unlawful love is always sorrow."

"She whom I love is strict and pure in heart."

"In the midst of winter I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."