Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.

To a valet no man is a hero.

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.