As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.

Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.