Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded.
The ear of the bridled horse is in the mouth.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
There is no retracing our steps.