“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.”

“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.[Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]”

“Where there is no hope, we must invent it.”

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”

“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”