Everything about woman is a riddle, and everything about woman has a single solution: that is, pregnancy

I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.

One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up.

Without passions you have no experience whatever.

In constructing concepts, we overlook the fact that no two things are the same. There is no such thing as the concept of a leaf, only billions and billions of leaves.

From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.