No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.

I am a part of the part that at first was all, part of the darkness that gave birth to the light, that supercilious light which now disputes with Mother Night her ancient rank and space, and yet cannot succeed; no matter how it struggles, it sticks to matter and can't get free. Light flows from substance, makes it beautiful.

Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.