Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.