The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. – Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. – Thomas Aquinas
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. – Thomas Aquinas