I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.

Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live.

A nation usually renews its youth on a political sick-bed, and there finds again the spirit which it had gradually lost in seeking and maintaining power.