Francesco Petrarch

"To serve is true freedom."

"Fortune smiles upon those who persist."

"A man of wisdom delights in water, a man of humanity delights in mountains."

"The greatest wealth is health, yet we neglect it for material gain."

"Solitude is the nurse of genius."

"Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it."

"Five enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride."

"The beautiful things we have discovered are nothing compared to the beautiful things that lie ahead."

"My strength lies not in never falling, but in rising each time I fall."

"Who among mortals does not know that winter mars the beauty of the world?"

"The mind grows by what it feeds upon."

"In reading great literature, we become civilized."

"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."

"The path to wisdom begins with the admission of ignorance."

"Often we aspire to things that will ultimately destroy us."

"True freedom lies not in the absence of restraint, but in worthy purpose."

"It is more honorable to be raised up than never to have fallen."

"The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears hardships and troubles calmly."

"Uncertainty is the only certainty in life."

"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond."

"The past cannot be changed, only understood; the future can be shaped by present action."

"A man without learning dies as the oxen die."

"The greatest plague upon mankind is ignorance willfully maintained."

"Love is the flame that burns brightest in the darkest night."

"Blessed is the man who finds joy in honest work."

"The soul of immortal man has need of honor."

"Few are those who escape the prison of ambition."

"In every human heart there is a seed of divine light waiting to bloom."

"The wound of love never truly heals, it only teaches us to live with grace."