As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings; Sole comforter to minds with grief opprest
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
This statement is also attributed to the Italian writer and statesman Vittorio Alfieri
