It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should learns how to speak his wisdom: and often in such a way that it sounds like folly!

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom.

Like the creatures of the forest and the sea, I love To lose myself for a while.

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way- not at all or in an interesting manner

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents.