Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

I want to know whether you are a person devoted to creating or to exchanging in some respect or other: as a creator you belong tothe free, as an exchanger you are their slave and instrument.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross.

Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.

A little wisdom is indeed possible; but this blessed security have I found in all things, that they prefer--to DANCE on the feet of chance.