A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.

One should part from life as Odysseus parted from Nausicaa-blessing it rather than in love with it.

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.

no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any

Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.

Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.

Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.