"The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory."
"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
"It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory."
"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary."
"Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed."
"Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us."
"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world."
