I love him whose soul is lavish, who wanteth no thanks and doth not give back: for he always bestoweth, and desireth not to keep for himself.

Many people, especially women, never experience boredom because they have never learned to work properly.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

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.

Verily, I do not want to be like the ropemakers: They drag out their threads and always walk backwards.

Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.

Time flies apace-we would fain believe that everything flies forward with it.