We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

Science sans conscience n' est que le ruine de l'âme. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruine of the soule.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.