I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.