If you would attain to your highest, go look upon a flower;what the flower does willessly, that do willingly.

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them.

When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.

There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom.

Man is never so authentically himself as when at play.

The gentlest man cannot live in peace if it does not please his wicked neighbor.