Petrarch

"It is impossible for us to remember how an idea struck us unless we've thought of it."

"The true university of these days is a collection of books."

"Hunger is the best sauce."

"What makes the dawn break and the nightingale sing is their nature."

"The desire to leave a legacy is admirable but can become sinful."

"To know all is not to forgive all."

"Beware of the man who praises himself excessively."

"In exile we find our truest selves."

"The greatest pleasure comes from being appreciated."

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

"That I may die I must first live."

"Every act of knowledge removes a veil between us and the infinite."

"To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another."

"The enemy is time, the only unconquerable enemy."

"Wisdom teaches us that we should be most grateful for those moments that hurt."

"Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man."

"The test of character is not what men do in moments of comfort and convenience."

"All eminence is connected with some degree of mystery."

"The only true contentment lies in knowing ourselves."

"Love is a credulous thing."

"To say nothing, when all the world is saying something, requires a kind of courage."

"The future depends upon what we do in the present."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"Suspicion is the poison of friendship."

"Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity."

"Avoid as you would the plague a clergyman who is also a man of business."

"Books are humanity in print."

"Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat."