Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?

But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not keep truth concealed, Their thoughts and visions to the common herd revealed, Since time began we've crucified and burned

Everything transitory is but an image.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.