What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along.

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.

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals.