Petrarch

"The intellect is not a lamp to be lit, but a flame to be kindled."

"Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth with shame."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence."

"Fear is the origin of all superstition."

"In desire of knowledge, I find that I have zoomed across oceans of information to cross just a bridge of understanding."

"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."

"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

"Blind is he who has no vision, but blinder still is he who has vision and cannot see."

"Let your peace radiate, not from the absence of challenge, but from your grace in facing it."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

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

"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues."

"The natural desire of good men is knowledge."

"Mountains will labour, and a ridiculous mouse will be born."

"Virtue is a habit; and we become virtuous by doing virtuous acts."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"We live as we dream alone; but in the end, we discover we were never truly alone at all."

"The greatest good is the agreement of the mind with itself."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"The wound is the place where the light enters you."

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

"True nobility is exempt from fear."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The soul is made of concord, harmony, and beauty."

"The highest form of knowledge is empathy."

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot choose to change."

"The only true failing is the failure to grow."