Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

Phenomena are constantly folded back upon themselves.

Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent friends remembered be, in all that’s sung or said, And Love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead.

Everything actual must also first have been possible, before having actual existence.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.