I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.

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.

Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life's abundance.

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.

Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.