A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

When we interpret nature, we refer phenomena that are rarely entirely unintelligible back to something that actually exists, but is equally unintelligible.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

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.