I love him who reserveth no share of spirit for himself, but wanteth to be wholly the spirit of his virtue: thus walketh he as spirit over the bridge.

He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.

There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking the consequence for the cause.

I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception.

Antithesis is the narrow gateway through which error most prefers to worm its way towards truth.

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.