Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

Children, love one another, and if that is not possible-at least try to put up with one another.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.