If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.

Lies, fables and romances must needs be probable, but not the truth and foundation of our faith.

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him.

What for others is style, for me is soul.

The product of paper and printed ink, that we commonly call the book, is one of the great visible mediators between spirit and time, and, reflecting zeitgeist, lasts as long as ore and stone.

When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function.

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter.