To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.

Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.

There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated through his excessive pity.

You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.