It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

I live in my own place - have never copied anyone even half, and at any master who lacks the grace - to laugh at himself - I laugh.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

I love him whose soul is deep even in the wounding, and may succumb through a small matter: thus goeth he willingly over the bridge.

The ordinary man is as courageous and invulnerable as a hero when he does not recognize any danger, when he has no eyes to see it.Conversely, the hero's only vulnerable spot is on his back, and so exactly where he has no eyes.

The grand style arises when beauty wins a victory over the monstrous.

Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman.