We Are Born Poets. We Become Orators.

Let Your Desires Be Ruled By Reason.

Exile Is Terrible To Those Who Have, As It Were, A Circumscribed Habitation; But Not To Those Who Look Upon The Whole Globe But As One City.

If You Possess A Library And A Garden, You Have Everything You Need. (translation From The French) Si Vous Possedez Une Bibliotheque Et Un Jardin, Vous Avez Tout Ce Qu'il Vous Faut.

To Be Endowed With Strength By Nature, To Be Actuated By The Powers Of The Mind, And To Have A Certain Spirit Almost Divine Infused Into You.

If You Wish To Persuade Me, You Must Think My Thoughts, Feel My Feelings, And Speak My Words.