Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.

The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.

To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.

Superstition is part of the poetry of life.

Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.