The Return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. – Francesco Guicciardini
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. – Francesco Guicciardini
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. – Francesco Guicciardini
Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us. – Orison Swett Marden