Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?" Caesar: "My friend, taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it.

The most intolerable pain is produced by prolonging the keenest pleasure.

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.

We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.