Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

The highest cannot be spoken; it can only be acted.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.