Knowledge is to certain extent a second existence.

A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.

If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people's opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world.

It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space.

Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.