"Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground" — Dante Alighieri

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

Source: Gleanings Among the Sheaves, Idleness (1869)

In every living thing there is the desire for love

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little

Dante Alighieri Quote