Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. Petrarch on anger
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Petrarch on beauty
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. Petrarch on friendship
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? Petrarch on health
Books have led some to learning and others to madness. Petrarch on learning
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. Petrarch on peace