He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much.

There is one thing one has to have either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

Take a chance and try my fare! It will grow on you, I swear; Soon it will taste good to you!

Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.

He who bears injustice alone is terrible to behold.